The Bavarian authorities suspect that the "Last Generation" is a criminal organization. SPD co-leader Saskia Esken is now defending the young climate activists against excessive measures of the rule of law.
The activists deny being criminals, although several have already been convicted of crimes, some of them to prison. The initiative itself complained that its members felt "treated like serious criminals" During the large-scale raid, for example, the apartment of spokeswoman Carla Hinrichs in Berlin's Kreuzberg was also searched.