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The spectrum of activities ranged from starting a tour through
Germany against nuclear power (BUND)
via a big signature collection action in Vienna (GLOBAL
2000, Atomstopp
and others) to Dutch and Bulgarian protest against the government
plans for new nuclear plants.
SCOTLAND, EDINBURGH
 Friends
of the Earth Scotland protests against nuclear power outside
the Scottish government ("Executive") building, Edinburgh. Scotland's
government currently says it will not give the go ahead to new nuclear
power stations until the problem of waste is resolved. This action,
in front to the Scottish government's offices, was to remind the
Scottish Executive of this pledge and that they must respond to
the UK's Energy Review with a clear message that new nuclear build
in Scotland remains unacceptable. Moreover, the Executive should
warn Westminster that it will strongly oppose any attempts to impose
new nuclear power stations on Scotland, reflecting the majority
opinion in the Scottish electorate. Also, Scotland could generate
twice as much energy than it needs from renewables alone, if given
the chance. READ
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FRANCE: PERPIGNAN
 Activists
from "Sortir du nucleaire" and the local Greenpeace group played
3 times a short piece of street theatre in the center of the city.The
play was about French nuclear politics and atomic waste. Information
leaflets were given and petitions were signed. We have already +
3000 signatures to get out of atomic power and will continue our
actions.
FRANCE: STRASBOURG
 In
spite of the rain, the association Stop Transports-Halte au Nucléaire
was in the streets of the center of Strasbourg to distribute leaflets
and to gather signatures for the European petition. In France, the
largest user of nuclear power in Europe, a lot of resistance exists
against this dangerous form of energy. On 15 April, a big international
demonstration is planned in Cherbourg against the building of a
new EPR nuclear reactor. MORE
GERMANY: SCHWERIN
 The
Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND) started his activities
for the „One million signatures against nuclear power”-Campaign
in the capital city of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schwerin. Despite
cold temperatures and heavy snow, the BUND campaigners installed
four inflatable nuclear power stations, symbolising the four next
plants in Germany that should be switched off according to the “Atomkonsens”
of 2001, and a model of the Chernobyl sarcophagus. Lots of signatures
were collected! MORE
AUSTRIA: VIENNA
In Vienna, Austrian the anti-nuclear groups Wiener Plattform, Atomstopp,
Freistädter Mütter and GLOBAL 2000 demonstrated in the heart of
the city, collecting hundreds of signatures. MORE
LATVIA: RIGA
 The
Latvian action was held in front of the Chamber of Ministers in
Riga (banner: "Better active than radioactive!").
The Latvian government recently announced interest in participating
in building a new nuclear power station together with Estonia and
Lithuania. When the government refused to discuss the issue of nuclear
waste with the activists, Friends of the Earth Latvia (Latvijas
Zemes Draugi) is now suggesting to dump future nuclear waste in
the prime minister's office.
THE NETHERLANDS: UTRECHT & ARNHEM
Collecting signatures in freezing cold and heavy snow makes you
realise the relevance of energy (cf. heating). But nuclear power
cannot provide heating. Unlike solar power or biomass. Still, the
Dutch governement recently stated that new nuclear power plants
are needed again, after a 20 year lasting agreement to phase out
nuclear energy. There is lots of opposition in the public, so hundreds
of signatures were collected during the day. MORE
BULGARIA, SOFIA
The Bulgarian campaign also started on 11 March 2006, in front of
one of the captitals architectural icon, the NDK. Weather was siding
with the nuclear lobby, rainy and windy, but later (when everybody
was drenched to the bone), the sun came back and so came citizens,
in order to sign the petition. PICTURESHOW
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