Nuclear Action with Billboards at French Embassy in Austria

A Greenpeace activist puts a poster on a billboard that shows a portrait of French President Chirac and reads “Die Atomgefahr hat einen Namen: Chirac”, in English: “The nuclear threat has a name: Chirac”. Global 2000 and other initiatives protest at the French embassy in Vienna because of the nuclear weapon testing that took place the day before in Fangataufa.

Unique identifier: GP0244R

Type: Image

Shoot date: 02/10/1995

Locations: Austria, Central Europe, Vienna

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Waltraud Geier

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Nuclear Action with Billboards at French Embassy in Austria

Greenpeace, Global 2000 and other initiatives protest at the French embassy in Vienna because of the nuclear weapon testing that took place the day before in Fangataufa. The well-known billboards that Greenpeace has altered –also in front of the embassy- are the base of the protest. The billboards now show a portrait of French President Chirac and read “Die Atomgefahr hat einen Namen: Chirac”, in English: “The nuclear threat has a name: Chirac”. There are also banners on bomb mock-ups that in different languages say “Stop nuclear testing!” as well as an activist dressed up as Chirac carrying a panel that reads “la bombe c’ est moi”, in English: “the bomb is me”.

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