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| Belgian farmers lay siege to huge North Sea port and block Dutch border crossings while Germany grinds to a halt with crippling transport strikes as EU scrambles to defuse protest chaos engulfing Europe | |
| 2024-02-03 | |
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
Meanwhile Germany, which was hit by farmer demonstrations earlier this month, is now also facing a bruising public transport strike. As 90,000 public transport workers were called on to walk off the job on Friday, bus and tram stations across the country ground to a standstill, disrupting millions of commuters and travellers. The 24-hour strike, called by labour union Verdi in all federal states except Bavaria, is the latest in a series of industrial actions that have plagued the country's transportation sector in recent weeks. Central to Verdi's demands are improved working conditions, it said in a statement, listing reduced working hours and increased holiday entitlement as requested measures. 'We have a dramatic shortage of labour in public transport and incredible pressure on employees. Buses and trains are cancelled every day in all fare zones because there are not enough staff,' Verdi deputy chairwoman, Christine Behle, said Monday. Youth and climate movement Fridays for Future
On Thursday, a strike by security staff at 11 German airports had affected 200,000 travellers and led to around 1,100 flight cancellations or delays, the German airports association ADV said. Disruptions were set to continue in Hamburg, where Verdi called on ground service staff to strike from 3am (0200 GMT) on Friday until midnight. Friday's protests followed a demonstration on Thursday outside the European Union's Brussels headquarters as the EU's leaders overcame months of opposition from Hungarian leader Viktor Orban to agree 50 billion euros of aid for Ukraine. But the farmers wanted their issues on the agenda too. They clogged roads around the summit with 1,300 tractors in a show of strength, lighting fires and pulling down a city statue. They also burned bales of hay and threw eggs and fireworks at police, who formed a protective ring around the building. Inside, eager to reassure a key part of the electorate and end disruption in several cities, leaders at a European Union summit in Brussels showered the farmers with compliments and compassion - if few concrete proposals. Most leaders at Thursday's summit were keen to win over farmers ahead of EU parliamentary elections in June, especially as populist and hard-right politicians have latched on to their plight in recent weeks. Related: Fridays for Future: 2023-06-23 We Survived Another Climate Diaster Prediction Fridays for Future: 2023-06-10 Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Marks Last 'School' Strike As She Graduates Fridays for Future: 2023-04-02 Liberal Berlin shocks the Greens Related: Farmers: 2024-02-01 French tractor blockade chaos could hit UK's food supplies, British trade body warns as farmers move in on world's biggest market in Paris and head for Belgian ports in growing protests across EU Farmers: 2024-01-29 10-4, Good Buddy! Euro Truckers and Farmers Unite Against the Globalist Pinkos Farmers: 2024-01-26 Will Farmers Make Ireland a Nation Once Again? | |
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| #4 https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/02/02/photos-simultaneous-tractor-protests-grip-europe-from-east-to-west/ |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2024-02-03 15:40 |
| #3 Hiding under their desks whining "Make it stop!" |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-02-03 12:03 |
| #2 I just checked the BBC News website- not a single mention of this. Just scanned NBC News, not a word. Curious that the whole issue of significant and effective, French, Dutch, German agriculture protests is missing. Almost as if there is coordinated collusion? https://www.bbc.com/news |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2024-02-03 11:55 |
| #1 "EUrope is a garden" - Jose Borrell. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-02-03 02:09 |