Protests - Farmers block highway access roads in central Germany
In protest against the government, farmers in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia blocked several highway ramps on Thursday morning. Robert Erdmann from the "Land schafft Verbindung" association told the German Press Agency in the morning that several tractors were parked at the Döbeln Nord exit of the Autobahn 14. He himself had also come with his tractor to protest. According to the information provided, the police were also on site.
The protest is directed against the planned abolition of tax concessions by the traffic light coalition. The tax breaks for agricultural diesel and the tax exemption for agricultural and forestry machinery must be retained, according to the call for the protests, which is available to the German Press Agency.
In addition to the Döbeln-Nord and -Ost slip roads, the farmers also blocked the Gera-Leumnitz slip road on the Autobahn 4 and a traffic circle in Gera-Trebnitz to access the Bundesstraße 2 in Thuringia, according to the police. In addition, 11 agricultural machines blocked the Coswig junction in Saxony-Anhalt. In Halle and Magdeburg, however, the police were not aware of any protests.
In the Leipzig area, nine junctions on highways 72 and 38 were blocked. In Zwickau, farmers moved from junction to junction with their machinery. In the Dresden area, six slip roads were impassable in the morning.
According to a spokesperson for the Görlitz police department, ten slip roads were initially blocked in the morning. There were 24 tractors at the Görlitz junction. According to the spokesperson, the protest was peaceful and rescue lanes were kept clear.
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- The farmers in Thuringia also blocked a traffic circle near Gera-Trebnitz, giving drivers access to the Bundesstraße 2, as reported by the German Press Agency.
- In response to the government's proposed abolition of tax concessions, farmers from several German states, including Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, blocked several German Press Agency-reported highway ramps.
- According to reports, the farmers' demonstrations in Central Germany involve blocking various highways, including the Döbeln Nord exit of the Autobahn 14 and the Gera-Leumnitz slip road on the Autobahn 4.
- In addition to the blocked highway slip roads, farmers in Döbeln, Saxony, and other locations in Central Germany used their tractors to obstruct a freeway ramp, causing traffic disruptions.
- The police in Saxony-Anhalt were alerted to 11 agricultural machines blocking traffic at the Coswig junction, one of several locations where farmers staged their demonstrations in Central Germany.
- In the aftermath of the farmers' protests in Central Germany, which included blocking several highway ramps and a traffic circle in Thuringia, the German Press Agency reported on the peaceful nature of the demonstrations and the clearance of rescue lanes.
Source: www.stern.de
