Farmers blocked two slip roads on the A72 between Zwickau and Chemnitz on Tuesday morning. The Hartenstein and Stollberg-Nord junctions were affected, according to the police. According to the report, the junctions in front of the slip roads were blocked by five to eight vehicles.
The blockade in Hartenstein reportedly began at 6.00 am and was broken up after 15 minutes. According to the Zwickau police, there was a banner with the slogan "If the farmer dies, the country dies". The blockade in Stollberg also began at 6 a.m. and lasted an hour.
On Monday, a good 800 farmers in Leipzig and Chemnitz protested with their tractors against the planned abolition of tax breaks by the traffic light coalition.
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