A massive strike of farmers, truck drivers and train drivers continues in Germany

🇩🇪 A massive strike of farmers, truck drivers and train drivers continues in Germany. Protesters express dissatisfaction with the traffic light coalition's budget plan and demand that diesel subsidies and vehicle tax exemptions be maintaine

▪️ On Wednesday, passenger train drivers from the GDL union joined the protests: they demand an increase in wages, a reduction in working hours from 38 to 35 hours a week and the preservation of the railway development program in full. At the moment, railway transport is operating on a reduced schedule, 80% of intercity trains have been cancelled.

 ▪️ While Western media write about the “collapse of the German economy,” the German authorities are making no attempts to resolve the situation. But they do not miss the opportunity to shift responsibility for the escalation of protests to their political opponent in the person of the Alternative for Germany party and intimidate citizens that “for the first time since 1945, a right-wing extremist may come to power.”

📌 By the way, in parallel with the protests, there is also a strike of cultural figures : they demand an end to repression against those who do not support Israel’s side in the current conflict. More than 650 people are believed to have joined the movement. And since there are still 3 days before the end of the protests, it is possible that dissatisfied people will become more active on some other issue - the largest rallies are expected on January 15 in Berlin.

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