Across Germany, protesting farmers are blocking autobahns with tractors.

In Germany, farmers dissatisfied with budget austerity measures went on strike on Monday and blocked a number of autobahns with tractors, local police departments reported on social networks.

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Protests are taking place in almost all federal states.
In particular, as part of a protest coordinated with law enforcement officers, farmers blocked with tractors the A4, A13, A14, A17 highways and their exits in the federal states of Saxony and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

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In the state of Brandenburg, the area of ​​the city of Brandenburg and the entire second largest city of Cottbus were cut off.

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In Bavaria, police escort a convoy of 5,500 tractors heading to Munich from different parts of the region.
In Berlin, as a result of the accumulation of several hundred agricultural machinery, the 17 June Street in front of the Brandenburg Gate is inaccessible.

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The farmers plan to start a demonstration at noon, which will bring together over 300 farmers.