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Vor dem Protesttag junger Menschen am Samstag gibt es Warnungen vor Krawallen. Nun kommen verstärkt Mahnungen hinzu, die Anliegen der „Gen Z“ ernst zu nehmen.
Karin Prien, the Federal Minister for Education and Youth, plans to engage young people in discussions about their concerns and calls for peaceful demonstrations on protest day for the initiative "Gen Z Regulates". Prien urges her political colleagues to refrain from violence, as it harms their cause. She emphasizes that Germany already has a functional education system and a low youth unemployment rate, unlike France.
SPD’s Stadtsprecher Burkhard Jung and youth researcher Klaus Hurrelmann also stress the importance of taking young people's concerns seriously. The "Gen Z Regulates" group plans protests in about 30 cities to advocate for climate action, measures against rising living costs, and against compulsory military service. The group explicitly denies violence in their protests.
Prien points out differences between Germany and France – better school conditions, smaller classes, better-paid teachers in Germany. She believes Germany does not need to resort to protests like France because the framework conditions are already in place. Jung highlights that young people's demonstrations aim to shape their future, and they expect their voices to be heard and acted upon by politicians.
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