Protest in Berlin

Next hunger striker had to go to hospital

Michael Winter (61) had to be treated in a clinic in Munich.

(Bild: AFP)

After weeks of hunger strikes for more climate protection, another participant in the "Starve until you are honest" campaign in Germany has been hospitalized with serious health problems. The 61-year-old Michael Winter took himself to the emergency room of a clinic in Munich on Wednesday evening and was admitted as an inpatient, the campaign announced on Thursday morning.

Winter is currently not in Berlin like his fellow campaigners but in Bavaria due to several court cases following climate protest actions, a spokesperson said. A few hours earlier on Wednesday morning, a 35-year-old person on hunger strike had already been treated in a clinic in Berlin, but was released shortly afterwards. The person named "Tin" spoke at a spontaneous demonstration in Berlin in the evening and announced his intention to continue the hunger strike.

Undergoing treatment for sodium deficiency
According to the campaign, fellow campaigner Winter is being treated in hospital for a sodium deficiency. Whether he also wants to continue starving remained open at first. He was already so underweight last week that the volunteer medical team declared that it was no longer responsible to accompany him.

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The aim of the hunger strike is to persuade Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) to make a government statement on the excessive concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the dangers of climate change. According to a government spokesperson, Scholz does not want to meet the activists' demands. The protest action is to continue.

Protest camp in Berlin
On March 7, activist Wolfgang Metzeler-Kick initially began the hunger strike alone; according to his own statements, he has not eaten any solid food since then, only juices, electrolytes and vitamins. Four other people gradually joined in over the following weeks.