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Frankfurt / Main (dpa) - Greenpeace activists protested against the monetary policy of the European Central Bank (ECB) with paragliders.
Two paragliders landed on a 15 to 20 meter high roof of the building on Wednesday morning.
There they unrolled a twelve meter long banner that read: “Stop funding Climate Killers”.
Another activist on a third paraglider presented a flight banner.
At the request of the police, the activists left the roof after about four hours.
According to a spokesman, it was initially unclear whether the ECB would report trespassing.
According to Greenpeace, the action was directed “against the climate-damaging monetary policy of the central banks”.
According to the authors, a study published by Greenpeace and various research institutes shows “that the ECB is systematically undermining climate protection”.
Greenpeace called for “a monetary policy strategy based on the Paris climate agreement”.
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The central bank stated: "As part of its mandate as central bank, the ECB is helping to respond to the crisis and acting in harmony with those responsible for climate policy."
Europe's monetary authorities are currently reviewing their monetary policy strategy.
In doing so, they also analyze “how we can react to the climate crisis in all of our areas of responsibility”.
There is controversy among central bankers and economists as to whether and to what extent central banks should consider climate factors in their monetary policy.
Critics argue that including climate targets would water down monetary policy goals.
Proponents, on the other hand, see risks for financial stability if monetary policy does not take the climate into account or takes insufficient account of it.
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