Easter 2025: Protests against rocket stationing in Mainz and Wiesbaden!
Easter 2025: Protests against rocket stationing in Mainz and Wiesbaden!
On Easter Saturday, April 21, 2025, around 500 people gathered at the Mainz main station for the traditional Easter March. Under the motto "For a world without war, military and violence", they set a sign of peace. Dozens of organizations and unions from Mainz and Wiesbaden supported the action and called for a rethink in security and defense policy.
The reason for the Easter March is the planned stationation of medium-range missiles on the US military site in Wiesbaden-Mainz-Kastel from 2026. These are weapons systems such as overs sound aircraft that can reach Moscow within ten minutes. Jürgen Nieth, the organizer of the demonstration, expressed concerns about military logic in the event of a war. His gaze is also focused on the past because he has been a long -time activist of the peace movement from the 1980s.regional and political reactions
The event is not only a sign of the protest, but also a reflection of the political mixture. In September 2024, the left faction in the Wiesbaden city parliament submitted an application against the deployment of US long-distance weapons, which was, however, rejected. Brigitte Forßbohm, deputy group leader of the left, expresses skepticism about the willingness to negotiate Russia and criticizes pro -Russian views within the peace movement. Your colleague, Mayor Gert-Uwe Mende (SPD), makes it clear that the decisions about rocket stationation are made on higher political levels.
In the meantime, the CDU and FDP have expressed contradiction to criticism of the rocket stationation. Bernd Wittkowski (CDU) even doubts the actual stationing of the rockets from 2026 and finds Wiesbaden as safe. Christian Diers (FDP), on the other hand, defends the stationing and realizes that Ukraine has not chosen its fate.tradition of Easter marches in Rhineland-Palatinate
in Rhineland-Palatinate several Easter marches took place around the holidays. On Monday, another rally on the Büchel air base with the motto "For a Europe without nuclear weapons" is expected. On Easter Monday, the participants started moving from the Büchel industrial estate along the air base at 2 p.m. Peace activists fear that US atom weapons may be stored there. This year, the Easter marches that have arisen from the history of protest against nuclear weapons were shaped by the latent threat to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine.
The Easter marches have over 60 years of tradition in Germany, dressed by the motivation of British peace activists who organized a similar march in 1958. The first Easter March in Germany took place on April 15, 1960 and collided with the protest against stationed rockets of the type Honest John. This movement culminated in the 1980s with hundreds of thousands of participants who demonstrate against the stationing of new American medium -range missiles.
Those responsible for the Easter marches have now also taken measures to prevent infringement by extremely right -wing groups. You have excluded certain groups of people and symbols. The likelihood of an infiltration on the Büchel air base is estimated to be low, but the organizers show a vigilant attitude.
Overall, it becomes clear that, despite changeable times and social challenges, Easter marches continue to represent an important platform for peace and disarmament. The resistance to the federal government's armor plans always remains the focus of the protests. ( taz.de , SWR , ndr.de )
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