Northern news
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NOS News•today, 00:22
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A group of ghost-driving farmers created a dangerous situation on the A7 between Heerenveen and Drachten last night.
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The farmers first drove slowly in their tractors on the right side of the road at Tjalleberd in the direction of Heerenveen, the police reported. When they encountered a police blockade, they turned around and drove the other way on the same side of the road. When they saw police cars again a little further on, they drove around it via the berm and left the highway at Tijnje around 11 p.m.
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According to a spokesperson for the Northern Netherlands police, the agents who tried to force the farmers to stop were not in immediate danger. “But driving a tractor on the highway is of course already dangerous. And all the more against traffic.”
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It is not yet known whether fines have been handed out
It is not yet known whether any fines have been issued. The police will probably have more information about this in the course of the day.
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Representatives of the cabinet spoke to farmers’ organizations about the nitrogen crisis yesterday. Afterwards, LTO chairman Van der Tak said that the conversation “too little at the momentFarmers’ organizations that had chosen not to attend the meeting, such as action groups Agractie and Farmers Defense Force, expressed disappointment at the first meeting.
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Farmers Defense Force foreman Mark van den Oever said the Netherlands can prepare for “the hardest actions” that his organization has ever conducted. Whether the action on the A7 was organized by members of FDF is unknown.
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