Farmers In Germany Are Protesting Against Government Policies, With Tractors On Roads
In a reminder of what happened in India a couple of years ago, farmers in Germany are protesting in huge numbers against the government's agricultural policies. The farmers are coming out in great numbers with their tractors on the roads.?
According to a DPA report, in the north-eastern German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania farmers blocked motorway entrances with hundreds of tractors across the state.?
They were supported by haulage companies protesting against the increase in truck tolls.?In the north-west Lower Saxony, a main road too was was blocked by 40 vehicles.
Motorway slip roads in the Dresden area blocked
There were gatherings on the A4, A13, A14 and A17 motorways, they added.
Meanwhile, in Berlin, the situation was initially calm in the early morning but tractors had already started gathering at the Brandenburg Gate in central Berlin on Sunday evening.
A major road near the Brandenburg Gate will be closed all day due to a registered demonstration, reports said.
Tax concessions for agricultural diesel
The Farmers' Association had called for a week of action to demonstrate against the cancellation of subsidies for the sector. The main issue is the tax concessions for agricultural diesel. A partial cancellation of the federal government's savings plans did not placate the association.
The actual effects are likely to vary greatly from region to region. In Erfurt, 900 tractors are expected to attend a central protest by Thuringian farmers.
German farmers are said to be outraged by the federal government's planned reduction in agricultural subsidies, including for fuel, although some of the measures have already been rolled back.
With agencies inputs.?
