Around 60 tractors blocked five exits from Autobahn 3 in the Neumarkt district in Upper Palatinate. A police spokeswoman said this. The gatherings on Wednesday morning were initially very peaceful. Accordingly, the participants stood with their vehicles on the exits Oberölsbach, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz as well as Neumarkt-Ost, Velburg and Parsberg. Further details were initially not known. Farmers across Bavaria wanted to block several motorway entrances this Wednesday.
The protests are directed against the federal government’s austerity policies. It plans to phase out subsidies for agricultural diesel within three years. In the Munich district alone, protests have been registered at 18 driveways, the district office said.