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A police officer climbing a tree in a forest to remove a banner, presumably put up by environmental activists, and items that look like sleeping bags at the future Tesla Gigafactory construction site in Grunheide, near Berlin, last Friday.
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Markus Ziener Global Affairs Correspondent In Berlin , Markus Ziener
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When Tesla boss Elon Musk announced last November the setting up of a new European gigafactory in Grunheide, a small community east of Berlin, German politicians euphorically hailed the news.
Producing green cars, powered by batteries instead of combustion engines, was just what the region needed.
