Today was a strike as agricultural strike in Germany.
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That’s the only way to ensure the supply of high-quality, homegrown food,” Rukwied said, adding that the protests, which brought the centres of cities including Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne and Bremen to a near-standstill, could last all week.
Slow-moving tractor convoys and full-scale blockades hit traffic around the country before dawn, with authorities in the rural northern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania announcing that all autobahn on and off ramps were blocked.
In several regions, farmers brandishing signs such as “No farmer, no future” and “Your policies are a declaration of war against farmers” were joined by hauliers protesting at a hefty increase in road tolls for heavy goods vehicles.