The protest of German truckers against the policies of the government/environmental activists also gathered

– International news – Tasnim News Agency According to “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” newspaper, the activists of the climate protection group known as the last generation on Saturday, June 17th Street Berlin was blocked. Shortly after the announced action began at 12:00 p.m., hundreds of demonstrators gathered on the road between the Victory Column and the Brandenburg Gate. At around 12:45 p.m., police said there were more than 700 participants.

Some of them sat on the ground and others remained standing. People from other groups were also there and they were holding signs.

According to the spokesperson of the last generation, this siege was expected to continue until 5 pm. During these protests, access from Großer Stern to the Brandenburg Gate was closed. Shortly after the start of these rallies, thousands of people were supposed to come to the Brandenburg Gate for a peace demonstration at around 1:00 pm and against the war. Gaza and sending weapons to Ukraine to protest.

About 250 truck drivers also demonstrated with their trucks in the capital of the German state of Hessen against the new CO2 taxes.

With the deafening sound of hundreds of horns. , a large protest march by truck drivers took place on the closed Wilhelmstrasse in Wiesbaden on Saturday morning around 11 am. According to police, the convoy, which was approximately ten kilometers long, started in Maine and then traveled along highways 60 and 671 toward the state capital.

A little after 11 a.m., Operations Management , halted intercity bus service as about 250 trucks were parked at the Rhine Main Congress Center and police cars were partially in the bus lanes. Although there were disruptions, there was no severe traffic chaos. Motorists demonstrated against the introduction of new CO2 levies, due to be levied from December 1.

Motorists posted their messages along with posters on the radiator windows of large tractors stating what they meant. It read: “You only eat while we deliver,” “Green used to be the color of hope, today green represents economic death,” and “If the trucks stop moving, no trains will help.” They had made a lot of noise with loud and repeated horns.

Truck drivers were protesting the policies of the German coalition government. According to the organizers, the drivers of these trucks came from all over Germany to hold this protest movement.

The fact was more disturbing that despite the invitation of the federal and state governments, not even a political representative for Talking with the drivers did not come to the protest venue. Popov, one of the organizers of the rally, said: We want to cancel the toll increase planned for December 1, because this increase is not only for us, but for It imposes a heavy cost on citizens of about 7.5 billion euros. He added: The final consumer will pay the cost. He also warned that due to the increase in taxes, wages, transportation costs and prices in workshops will increase. According to him, this can especially threaten the existence of small and medium-sized companies. He also demanded that the current toll revenue be used for roads and not for railway renovation. Tina Wieser from Limburg said: We are afraid that our jobs will be lost. We do not accept this. Willy Zimmer, a trucker from Mainz, was also angry. “Transportation is getting more expensive every day and we want to draw attention to the fact that things cannot continue like this,” he said as trucks honked. He expressed his anger at the policies of the federal government and said: “The biggest shame is that we give our money to the whole world and we are not doing well in Germany.”

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