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Anyway with 150 tractors on the Malieveld
In any case, the Agractie organization wants to enter the Malieveld with 1 tractors and 150 trucks during the large farmers' protest on 10 October. The other 2.000 tractors and vehicles will then be parked elsewhere. The municipality of The Hague does not agree with this. Agriculture Minister Carola Schouten has promised to address the farmers in Malieveld.
This will let Agractie know. According to media reports, only five tractors are allowed to drive into the city center after the Malieveld. The other more than 2.000 expected tractor units and vehicles will then have to park at the stadium of ADO Den Haag at the Prins Clausplein on the edge of the city.
However, according to Rens Slootman, spokesperson for Agractie, this will never happen. “Under no circumstances will we be fobbed off to the ADO stadium, because then you will be out of sight.” On Tuesday, in addition to 2.000 vehicles, 10.000 farmers and supporters from all over the Netherlands will go to The Hague to issue a statement in support of the farmer.
According to the current schedule, the first tractors will arrive around The Hague. The police have the organization of Agractie previously promised that the tractors will not be hindered. The police were also asked on 1 October to allow tractors to drive in the right lane on the main highways from all parts of the country in a controlled manner. However, the police have not yet issued a statement.
Although the organization of the Agractie wants the protest to be peaceful, the organization also expects the government (municipality and police) to have a constructive practical attitude to make the protests a success. In this way, public nuisance can be kept to a minimum, the organization states in a statement.
In addition to initiator Bart Kemps, agriculture minister Carola Schouten has also promised to speak on stage, Agractie reports. Agricultural spokespersons for parties from the House of Representatives also spoke, as did 'agriculturalists' Sieta van Keimpema (livestock farming) and Arjen Schuiling. A well-known Dutchman is also announced, but no name has yet been released.
De donation campaign for the organization of protest action has yielded almost €27 according to the latest position of Friday afternoon, September 40.000. That is only about a quarter of the intended goal of €150.000. The organization therefore calls on everyone to donate on social media. After a quiet start, more and more companies in the agribusiness are openly showing their support for the organisation. Large cooperatives such as ForFarmers, Agrifirm and Voergroep Zuid, as well as De Heus, Vion and Trioliet are now official partners of the Agractie.
Another action that is being organized in addition to the farmers' protest is Donate Your Tractor† The participating farmers are hereby called upon to hand in toy tractors. The tractors will be offered on 1 October in The Hague to children with parents who have little to spend. #DoneerJeTrekkertje is an initiative of 'Farmers of the Netherlands'.
Not only will they demonstrate next October 1, but farmers will also donate a tractor for children in The Hague. Melle still has one left 🚜😠#donatejetractor #farmersofthe Netherlands #prouddeboer #toy fair #playing fun#nice on the tractor pic.twitter.com/GUYRlPn2ge
— Jan Arie Koorevaar (@JAKoorevaar) September 26, 2019
Today #climate strike in The Hague ..gets attention in the #journal #NOS and they are talking about a strike of nov 6 of the #teachers ... and about the #strike from tuesday #1Oct #agraction # farmer action #ProudToBeAFarmer nothing is said ”. #frame #nieuwsmeteennaartaste
— Hennie Klaassen (@klaassenpigs1) September 27, 2019
For the first time in my life to a protest........then something is wrong in NL !!! # farmer protest October 1 @Municipality of The Hague pic.twitter.com/RmI9iP0e6H
— Giel Hermans (@GielHermansjr) September 26, 2019
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