Farmers have once again vented their anger over agricultural policy. This time at a Green Party event in Magdeburg, which Federal Chairwoman Lang also took part in. There were boos, a honking concert and a blockade.
Dozens of farmers gathered to protest at an internal party event with Green Party federal leader Ricarda Lang on Saturday in Magdeburg. According to police, around 90 tractors and other vehicles had blocked the main road in the Buckau district by the time the event began in the late afternoon. It had to be closed to traffic.
Around 200 participants were there. They parked their machines around the venue and lit fires. After Lang’s arrival there were shouts of “Boo!” and a concert of honking, and some also said “We’ve had enough!” called.
Langs exit blocked
Lang then sought to talk to some farmers, said a police spokeswoman. When the Green Party leader wanted to leave in the evening, some farmers blocked the way, the police said. Officials should have intervened. Ricarda Lang was never in danger. There were no arrests.
According to observations of MDRReporters removed a poster during the demonstration. The President of the Farmers’ Association in Saxony-Anhalt, Martin Dippe, said on site that the farmers did not want to be politically captured.
Recently there were several protests against Green politicians
There have recently been several violent protests against the Greens. Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) was welcomed in Nuremberg in mid-February with a loud whistle concert and chants of “Get out!” Lang was whistled at, insulted and prevented from leaving an event in Schorndorf near Stuttgart.