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The farmers were taken off the motorway at Rolde. “The drivers of the tractors receive a ticket for driving on the motorway,” the police said.
This time, farmers are not allowed to block the highways; they must take so-called “B roads”.
“This is just safe!”
The farmers are furious that they have received a ticket. According to one of the present, it concerns an amount of 340 euros. The farmers are also angry that they were stopped on the N33. “We are driving on the N33 because it is a safe road. It is absolutely unsafe to drive on all kinds of village roads, “says one of the farmers.
The group left on Tuesday evening from the Groningen village of Blijham and was joined by a number of German farmers. In addition to farmers from Groningen, farmers from various other parts of the Netherlands also went to The Hague on their way.
Police: come to Benoordenhoutseweg at night
Farmers who arrive in The Hague during the evening or night to take action can park on the Benoordenhoutseweg in the city. Police have announced.
Agents guide the farmers wherever possible to the allocated parking places.
Already on Tuesday the tumult at Binnenhof
The first farmers with tractors had already arrived in The Hague on Tuesday evening. A few dozen vehicles had lined up at the entrance to the Binnenhof, but later left again. It concerned farmers who come from the The Hague region. Among them were also board members of Farmers Defense Force.
The police initially asked them to remove the tractors, but the campaigners did not want that, “because we will not make a statement”.
These farmers have already taken an advance on Tuesday evening at the big protest on Wednesday.
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The majority of the farmers then walked away (“Come, we’re going to a steakhouse”) to have a bite to eat. The police then told the remaining farmers that they could make a statement to them, if only they would leave with their tractors at 9:30 PM. In the end they actually left in the evening.
Koekamp
The demonstration is on Wednesday at the Koekamp, opposite The Hague Central Station. Farmers can park their tractors on three roads near the Malieveld. From there they can walk to the Koekamp. The farmers believe that politicians do not listen to them enough.
Toilets at the Koekamp, a day for a national farmers’ demonstration against the government’s nitrogen policy.
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“Less support for farmers’ protests”
The support for the campaigners seems to be crumbling in the north of the country. That is what the regional broadcasters of Overijssel, Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe have said after they interviewed more than 1200 residents of the northern provinces about the protests.
More than 52 percent of the respondents say they support the farmers’ protest and the sector has the sympathy of a majority of the respondents.
It is striking, according to the broadcasters rtv Oost, RTV Noord, rtv Drenthe and Omrop Fryslân, that one third of the people approached indicate that they support the action less by the harsh statements of Farmers Defense Force. The organization lashed out, among other things, for ‘meat bosses’ and ‘dairy bobos’ who spoke to Agriculture Minister Carola Schouten.
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