Anti-nuclear sentiment of the Lithuanians

Hi everyone,

Lithuania is our last country that we visit, and that means my last blog. Before we all get to sentimental, I have another interesting story to tell you. This is about the anti-nuclear manifestation that I saw today. The sentence “I’m for Lithuania without nuclear energy!” and “”Think how you will explain it to your children!” are still in my head, like you have that sometimes with a song.

The green protesters were standing in front of the Prime Ministers Andrius Kubilius’ building. Because the Russian are building two nuclear plants at a high speed, both of them are situated on Lithuanian borders. This is actually the first time in world’s history. The arguments of the protesters are that the waters of rivers will be polluted and change their ecosystem, used for cooling the reactors in the Nuclear plant. The plants are too close to the civilization and neighboring country. 

The intention of the Lithuanian officials was building another nuclear plant, on the border with Belarus. Luckily, they have changed their mind after Fukushima accident, in Japan.  This reminds the public also of the Chernobyl disaster, just 25 years ago. So this subject carries has a huge sentimental value for the citizens of Lithuania. Because there were catastrophic consequences for 7000 Lithuanians and almost 1000 who found death.

The protestors created also posters with strong slogans. For instance: “Do you know where to evacuate?”, “I want to have a child with one head, and you?”. But the stubborn dictator Alexander Lukashenko, from Belarus, will not surrender under any kind of pressure made by the protesters or the EU.  I found the consequences are too hard to neglect, but what did you think if the prime minister has to choose between money and the safety of his civilians?
I already know the answer, do you?

My last friendly greeting to you,

Céline

Sources: http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/28596/