One of the factories of the German passenger car manufacturer Volkswagen suspended operations due to the nationwide strike of German farmers. The newspaper reports this Picture.
The article states that protesters blocked all entrances to the automobile factory in Emden, Lower Saxony, so employees could not go to work.
“Production has been halted today,” a company spokesman said. According to preliminary data, the facility will start operating again on Tuesday, January 9.
The German Farmers’ Union has reportedly launched a nationwide strike against the federal government’s planned cuts to subsidies in the agricultural sector. According to the publication, German authorities have added austerity measures to the 2024 budget, including a controversial reduction in benefits to farmers.
Before that in Germany passed nationwide strike of machinists.
Previously farmers in France under water fills local government buildings with manure and requests financial aid from the state.