Germany’s Olaf Scholz meets climate hunger strikers
16 November 2021 |
8:26 am
Germany's chancellor-in-waiting, Olaf Scholz, has met two climate activists who staged a hunger strike to demand more radical climate policies. The pair ended their action after a preelection promise from Scholz.
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