In Berlin, the center began to be partially blocked in connection with a protest rally organized by farmers’ unions, the police reports.
“The blocking of roads has now begun”, – a spokeswoman for the agency said, adding that several hundred tractors and other agricultural machinery, which is currently moving from the federal state of Brandenburg to central Berlin, are involved in the action, the main rally will be held in the Tiergarten park near the government quarterly.
Earlier, Brandenburg police reported on Twitter that about 200 cars and tractors of the protesters had already gone to Berlin. In this regard, traffic jams have already formed on the routes in the direction of the capital of Germany, about 600 policemen regulate traffic.
The ZDF television channel said on Tuesday that protests by farmers’ organizations will take place across the country today, participants will express dissatisfaction with the agrarian policies of the German government, in particular, with little assistance to the agrarian sector, which suffered from drought this summer. On Wednesday, the Minister of Food and Agriculture of Germany Julia Klokner will present a report on the agrarian policy of the Government of Germany in 2019.