In Lithuania, hundreds of farmers demonstrated against the austerity plans and agricultural policies of the government of the Baltic EU country. According to media reports, more than a thousand tractors and agricultural machines from all over the country gathered in long columns on Tuesday for a large protest in the center of the capital Vilnius.
#WATCH 🔴According to #France And #Germanyfarmers’ protests have erupted #Lithuania. Roads in central Vilnius have been blocked since morning as 1,300 tractors gathered for the protest. It is reported that the protests in Lithuania’s capital will… pic.twitter.com/LV4NsVaCZy
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In this way, farmers expressed their dissatisfaction with the regulations, their income situation and, as in Germany, the fuel price. According to the Lithuanian Farmers’ Association, further rallies will be held in front of the government building in the coming days. (sda/awp/dpa)
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