It is in progress for the third day, since Monday, the big mobilization of farmers her Germanywho have excluded me tractor and agricultural trucks main arterial roads throughout the country.

Farmers participate en masse in “week of protest» for her phasing out of agricultural subsidies oil.

Furthermore, protest rallies have been announced in many areas for todaywith the peak of the mobilizations expected next Monday with rally in the Berlin.

According to the German news agency dpa, MrThe rural unrest affects one in five Germans, affecting the movement of many workers and students from remote areas.

“Legitimate protests end where the rights of others are violated”, Interior Minister Nancy Feser told the “Rheinische Post”, while the head of the farmers’ union Joachim Ruckwid asked for the understanding of citizens, as, he said, “it is about the future of our families and local agricultural production”. He also assured that in every mobilization the emergency lanes remain free.

A parallel strike on the trains as well

Cancellation of most intercity, but also many urban and regional train routes has been caused since dawn by the strike of the train drivers, who rejected the employers’ new proposals and are now threatening to continue their strike.

The situation in many areas is worsening from the ongoing mobilizations of farmers, who have blocked major road junctions with their vehicles.

According to a spokesman for German Railways (DB), at long distance trains 80% of routes are cancelledwhile the “emergency” program has been implementedwith longer trains and more frequent routes, where drivers are available.

Then the new dismissal of the appeal of the employers DB and Transdev by the State Labor Court of Hessethe freight strike started yesterday at 18:00 and the passenger strike at 02:00 in the morning and will end on Friday at 18:00.

The president of the German Motorists Association (GDL) Klaus Wezelski, who even missed the last train from Frankfurt to Berlin last night, ruled out the possibility of an early suspension of the mobilizations. “If there is nothing by Friday, we will take a break and go on to the next labor battle,” Mr Vezelski told ARD and ZDF’s “Morning Magazin” and criticized the employers’ latest proposal as a “challenge”.

The union claims increases of 555 euros per month and lump sum “inflation allowance” paymentbut also reduction of working hours from 38 to 35 a week on full pay for shift workers, which DB rejects. As Mr. Vezelski said, some of DB’s private competitors, on the other hand, are willing to compromise on hours.

Transport Minister Volker Vissing asked for a return to the negotiating table, stressing that “a way of understanding the two sides must be found and, in order for this to happen, we will have to talk”. A “quick” agreement between employers and workers was also called for by the Pro Bahn Passenger Railway Union, pointing out that it supports the fundamental right to strike, but at the same time underlining that “this must be the last round of strikes”.