At one event, a young woman rushes the stage. She holds a short speech and sings. And CEO of Siemens demonstrates Serenity.

Shows a relaxed, but not happy: Joe Kaeser waits while the activist speaks photo: Reuters

BERLIN dpa is charged Before a performance of Siemens-Chef Joe Kaeser during a economic reception of a young climate activist on the stage. You stroke on Monday evening in Berlin, the green color on the cheek, and gave a short speech. A different world is possible, a world of solidarity and responsibility, she said, in English, the annual reception of the Federal Association of medium-sized business in Berlin. Kaeser was first to grant, a security guard brought them, then after a few minutes under the applause of the audience from the stage. The activist, sang the departure song "I Will Survive".

Kaeser said that he had offered the young woman to work with to find solutions against the climate change. His door was open. Concern the a, solutions, the other is not. "We need to bring young people to the table. It's your life, it is your Generation, and it is their future. But alone by the Protest on Friday will not change,“ said Kaeser, with a view on the movement Fridays for the Future.

CEO Of Siemens added that it would have been good if the young woman would have stayed and maybe even 50 or 100 other brought would have been: "Because that, ladies and gentlemen, here is the place where people get up every day early in the morning and a Job to do," said Kaeser in front of around 3,000 listeners. "The bodies not back and say, what is bad, you have a very clear opinion about what to do."

A spokesman for the Federal Association of medium-sized business said, with a view to the activist: "Such problems can not be prevented. Our Association is located in an open business dialogue, that's why we have the activist on stage in a reasonable time frame to talk.“

Kaeser stands for climate activists in the criticism. Background a planned mining project in the Indian industrial conglomerate Adani in Australia. Environmental and climate change activists – including Fridays-for-Future-movement – protesting vehemently against a Siemens-supply for the huge coal mine.

Kaeser had offered to the Fridays-for-Future-activist Luisa Neubauer, two weeks ago, a seat in a Supervisory Board of the future company Siemens Energy – which it refused Neubauer, because you can add a comment to Siemens, regardless.