German climate activist Anja Windl is shown from Austria

The German climate activist Anja Windl Must leave Austria. The Alpine Republic gave the 28-year-old Lower Bavarian a two-year ban on stay. The Federal Office for Foreign Affairs and Asylum (BFA) had now issued the corresponding decision after over two years since the beginning of a foreign law procedure against Windl, as the climate activist and her lawyer first confirmed to the Austrian news agency APA. Windl later also spoke to social media about the ban on residence, against which she wants to act legally.

Anja Windl has to leave Austria within four weeks

The decision of the BFA states that Windl according to paragraph 67 paragraph 1 and 2 of the Foreign Police Act, « a ban on stay for a period of 2 years is issued », as can be seen in a post of Windls from Monday morning on Instagram. She will « give her a assertiveness of one month from the enforcement of this decision, » it says. In other words, Windl has a month to leave Austria.

From the perspective of the authority, Windl is « a significant risk to public order and security, » quotes the German press agency (dpa) From the total of 40-page writing that the dpa is present. Apparently it is less about the climate protests of the activist group “Last generation“In which Windl had repeatedly participated – she had about glued to some protest campaigns on streets. Instead, the most recently committed actions against the ÖVP party center in Vienna have proven their “massive tributary tendency”, which went beyond mere climate campaigns, according to the reason in the BFA document.

In order to take the upcoming admission of Coalition negotiations between the conservative ÖVP and the right -wing populist FPÖ To demonstrate, smeared activists around Windl in January the facade of the ÖVP party center with dog droppings. In addition, the activists wrote: « Here it stinks to brown shit. » After the campaign, investigations against Windl were started, including for property damage.

« Klima-Shakira » Windl wants to appeal against notification

Windl now wants to file a complaint with the Federal Administrative Court against the notice of expulsion, as dpa announced. « I don’t be impressed, » said Windl. « In times of burgeoning fascism and a burning world, peaceful protest is necessary, » she explained her planned complaint.

She also shaked the decision BFA on Instagram. « What actually irritated me most of this decision was the fact when they were from one – and I quote – ‘inherent manifested dangerousness’, » said Windl. According to the decision, this was the case from November 7, 2022, the day, on which Windl had taken part in an unannounced demo for the first time. « I find it really scary how such a handling of repression is also internationalized internationally in response to peaceful protest and the democracies that are actually working as a value of supposedly functioning democracies, » said Windl.

The 28-year-old from Lower Bavaria has been studying Austria since 2017 and became one of the most famous faces of the climate movement. First she belonged to Fridays for Future before joining the last generation in Austria. Because of its appearance, Windl is repeatedly referred to as « climate shakira ».

Windl’s lawyer: « Argumentation lacks any basis »

According to the BFA, it is said to have been arrested more than ten times in the protests in which Windl was involved in the past. She had served brief replacement prison several times because she had not paid the fines.

Windl’s lawyer Ralf Niederhammer also publicly condemned the BFA’s decision. « The argument of the authority lacks every basis, » said Niederhammer according to the Austrian The standard. The activities of the last generation and their social media appearances are often accused of, according to the lawyer in the report: « To what extent to which such a risk should assume that a ban on stay is not clear to me. » Niederhammer described the fact that the BFA accuses them of changing political conditions in Austria as « reasonably strange » considering « that it is committed to compliance with the climatic climate ».