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German climate activist Wolfgang Metzeler-Kick intends to continue his hunger strike following treatment in hospital, as he called for Chancellor Olaf Scholz to take a stronger official position on climate change. The ongoing strike was announced on Tuesday morning by the campaign “Starve until you are honest.” The 49-year-old was taken to hospital on Monday evening due to a circulatory collapse after 89 days of hunger strike. However, his condition was stabilized in hospital. He returned to the activists’ camp at the Economy Ministry in Berlin. Metzeler-Kick said: “I had already decided befor…