almost a year Ago, finished Greta Thunberg the school in order to devote himself entirely to the climate fight. For the time being. From the fall of the 17-Year-old new priorities.

Greta Thunberg has dedicated a year to the fight against climate change. Now the activist* will appear to be shorter: From late summer, she returns to the school. Anyway, the Corona had evaporated-crisis plans significantly the last.

Stockholm/Zurich – The Coronavirus has also climate-activist Greta Thunberg made a small dash through the bill: Actually, want to the now world-famous young people> the fight against climate change dedicate a good year, the <strong – not least with trips and took part in their own case.

Greta Thunberg: Back to school – activist finished her climate all year

Already for a a few weeks of this (physical) commitment limits. Greta Thunberg* ill according to its own estimates, even to Covid19, the contact and travel restrictions did the Rest.

+ are Always in the middle: Greta Thunberg in January at a demonstration in Davos – now, the 17 will take Years of your school career again.©AFP / FABRICE COFFRINI

Nevertheless, Thunberg does not want to extend your activism-year : The 17-Year-old wants to . starting in the late summer and again in the school “Yes, Greta is planning to go in the autumn back to school”, – quotes the Swiss view of a speaker of tuna mountain. The school year in Sweden always starts the middle or end of August. The educational institutions were not closed reasons in the Scandinavian country so far from Pandemic.

Greta Thunberg: A one-year break after the end of compulsory education – now it is despite Corona more

Surprisingly, this announcement does not in and of itself. In the early summer of 2019, the young activist had completed the ninth grade – and, therefore, the compulsory education left behind. From the outset, only a one-year “time-out was planned”. Now, Thunberg to set the school career at a secondary school.

Relaxing the school was free but hardly: Of a much-acclaimed speech by the United Nations (in Merkur.de* in the text can be read), to performances in South America or at the world economic forum in Davos made Thunberg plenty of headlines. Observers feared the health of the teenager – even if by remote diagnostics from Germany.

From the Climate challenge the young Swede is, however, hardly. Only at the Whitsun week-end, they had arranged with the criticism of Germany’s policy caused a stir.

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*Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.

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