According to the Berlin police, the liquid with which climate protection activists smeared a monument to the Basic Law not far from the Bundestag was not oil. "The liquid is wallpaper glue and emulsion paint," said a police spokesman on Sunday when asked. The Last Generation group announced on Saturday that several of their supporters had "soaked the glass sculpture "Basic Law 49" in front of the Jakob Kaiser House "in oil". According to the police, they had smeared or poured water over parts of the memorial.

The police took samples of the liquid, which were then analyzed. The activists had also pasted posters on the memorial's glass surfaces, including the words "Petroleum or fundamental rights?" The glass sculpture "Basic Law 49" on the Spree promenade includes 19 panes of glass, each around three meters high. The 19 fundamental rights articles of the Basic Law are laser-engraved into it.

In a video published on Twitter, the climate protesters can be seen pouring a dark liquid from buckets onto the glass walls of the monument. The climate protection activists accuse the federal government of not complying with the obligation under the Basic Law to protect people's livelihoods and freedom.

Report in the "Berliner Zeitung" Tweet by Katja Mast Tweet with video of the group Last Generation