Inhabitants of German Lusatia and representatives of local civil initiatives ask the CEZ energy company representatives to promise to not expand the lignite mines in Germany in the event that they will buy the Vattenfall coal business from the Swedish government. Acting against any expansion of coal mining, they demand the same promise from the other potential buyers from the Czech Republic.

Right in front of the main CEZ building, the activists set up a symbolic living room where the Lusatia inhabitants settled in to show that the coal mining affects directly their lives and homes. They held signs with the message “We won’t be sold!” and handed over 40 thousands postcards from German citizens addressed to CEZ executive director Daniel Beneš, asking for a coal phase out in Lusatia.