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		</div><p>Extinction Rebellion activists have blocked major roads in Berlin and Amsterdam at the beginning of what was billed as a wide-ranging series of protests demanding new climate policies.</p>
<p>Around 1,000 people blocked the Grosser Stern, a traffic circle in the middle of the German capital’s Tiergarten park dominated by the landmark Victory Column in a protest that started in the early hours.</p>
<p>Members of Extinction Rebellion have also set up a camp outside German chancellor Angela Merkel’s office, reflecting dissatisfaction with a climate policy package drawn up last month by her government, ahead of what it called an “international rebellion”.</p>
<p>It says protests are planned in 60 cities worldwide.</p>
<p>In Amsterdam, hundreds of demonstrators blocked a major road outside the Rijksmuseum, one of the city’s most popular tourist areas, and set up tents.</p>
<p>The demonstration went ahead despite the city banning activists from gathering on the road. The protesters ignored police calls for them to move to a nearby square.</p>
<p>Protester Elle van Zeeland told Dutch broadcaster NOS that the group is “staying here until the government meets its obligations”.</p>
<p>Founded in Britain last year, the movement, also known as XR, now has chapters in some 50 countries.</p>
<p>Mrs Merkel’s chief of staff, Helge Braun, criticised the group’s tactics.</p>
<p><em>“We all share an interest in climate protection, and the Paris climate targets are our standard in this,”</em> he told ZDF television.</p>
<p><em>“If you demonstrate against or for that, that is OK, but if you announce dangerous interventions in road traffic or things like this, of course that is just not on.”</em></p>
<p>He dismissed the idea of declaring a “climate emergency”, saying that the constitution does not provide for such a thing and it does not translate into “concrete action”.</p>
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