Intensification of chaos with the continuation of farmers’ protests and locomotive drivers’ strike in Germany

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Stuttgarter Nakhreshten” newspaper, farmers’ demonstrations in Germany are being held for the fourth consecutive day. On Thursday, the German GDL train drivers’ union again called for the continuation of the strikes that started yesterday. If they are on the road for other reasons, they should prepare for restrictions in some areas. Farmers in Germany continue to protest, and the train drivers’ union GDL continues to strike. January 11 will be concentrated in the Karlsruhe and Heilbronn area; Including a rally to the Presero Arena, home of Bundesliga soccer team TSG Hoffenheim, is planned. Stefan Körner, head of the Heilbronn-Ludwigsburg region farmers’ association, expects 1,300 to 1,800 tractors to participate in the protest, and transport companies are likely to join the strikes. The participants want to gather in front of the stadium in Sinsheim (Rhein-Neckar region) at 3 pm and the rally will start at 4:30 pm.

The demonstration Others have been announced in other parts of the Federal Republic of Germany, for example in Hanover (Lower Saxony) and then a central rally is also planned there. Police are expecting many demonstrators, especially around the state parliament.

The focus of action on Thursday is likely to be in Brandenburg. The main event will be held in Cottbus and there will be a display of tractors between 9am and 5pm. German Prime Minister Olaf Schultz is also coming to this area in the morning to negotiate with the protesters. More than 20 other campaigns are planned in northern Germany, many of them in Howland.

Also on Thursday in many parts of Germany, there will be disruptions to the movement of trains in There will be the shadow of the strike of the locomotive drivers. The strike of the GDL train drivers’ union has caused severe disruption in train traffic. Deutsche Bahn said the emergency timetable will continue to apply with greatly reduced journey volumes in long-distance, regional and S-Bahn traffic. In long-haul transport, roughly one in five trains are in use, as was the case on Wednesday, and there are also widespread regional transport restrictions that vary greatly from region to region. Is. Transdev, which operates regional trains in northwest Saxony and Bavaria, is also on strike.

The strike continues until Friday at 6pm In December, the union called its members for indefinite strikes. About 97% of the participants agreed with this issue. Since then, longer strikes have become possible.

Despite the farmers’ violent protests against the government’s austerity plans, Berlin still adheres to the advancement of these policies.

More than eighty percent of Germans support farmers’ protests

Meanwhile The results of a poll show that German farmers have broad public support in their current protest actions. According to the poll conducted by the Forsa Institute, 81% of Germans understand farmers. Only 18 percent do not understand the fact that highway entrances and traffic intersections across Germany have been blocked in protest against the federal government’s agricultural policy. One percent of the participants in this survey did not comment.

Accordingly, the support of the farmers’ protest is the highest among the supporters of the extreme Alternative for Germany party: 98% of this People understand these protests. 79% of the voters of the United Christian parties in the opposition also support these farmers’ actions. Even among Traffic Light Coalition supporters, understanding prevails: 80 percent of Lib Dem voters in a coalition government sympathize with farmers, as do 70 percent of Social Democratic Party supporters. However, for Green voters, the figure is significantly lower at 61 percent.

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