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Prominent German youth climate activist Luisa Neubauer has accused Chancellor Olaf Scholz of comparing 鈥渃limate activists to Nazis鈥�, thereby trivializing the National Socialists鈥� crimes and playing down the climate crisis. At an event by the Catholic Church, climate activists shouted "nonsense" during Scholz's explanation of Germany鈥檚 coal policy. Scholz responded by saying: 鈥淔rankly, seeing the same black-clothed people at different events who stage their spectacle all the time remind of a time that is long gone by and thank God for that,鈥� to applause by the audience. The head of Germany鈥檚 government added that the activists鈥� approach amounted to 鈥渁cting鈥� that would not equal the aim to 鈥渞eally take part in the debate鈥�. Scholz did not use the word 鈥淣azi鈥� and did not specify which period he was talking about.

Neubauer, the leading figure of Germany鈥檚 Friday for Future (FfF) youth climate movement, called Scholz鈥檚 reaction a 鈥渟candal鈥� that indicates 鈥渉ow he really sees things鈥�. Neubauer said the chancellor would heap praise on people showing climate action initiative 鈥渋f it fits into the script,鈥� but would resort to calling the same people 鈥渁 bit of a Nazi鈥� once their activism becomes an inconvenience. 鈥淲hat kind of understanding of history is that? What kind of understanding of the climate? Everything in this is madness," Neubauer on Twitter. A spokesperson for the chancellor refused to 鈥渋nterpret鈥� what kind of time Scholz was referring to, newspaper Die Welt . She said she didn't want to comment on Scholz's statement, but added that comparing climate activists to Nazis was 鈥渙bviously completely absurd," and that interrupting public events for personal aims was unacceptable.

Climate activist groups like FfF have grown rapidly in Germany in recent years and are particularly popular among younger and left-leaning parts of society. The protests led by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg surged in 2019 and put the preceding government under conservative (CDU) chancellor Angela Merkel under pressure to step up its climate policy. According to recent research, the Green Party has greatly benefitted from the rising popularity of climate activism.