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Angry farmers block Port of Hamburg with tractors

The prospect of a gradual reduction in state subsidies for agricultural diesel fuel makes German farmers block the Port of Hamburg with tractors on Thursday.
Another tractor protest in December 2023. | Photo: Daniel Bockwoldt/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
Another tractor protest in December 2023. | Photo: Daniel Bockwoldt/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
by JENS THOMSEN

Up to 600 protesting farmers blocked the Port of Hamburg on Thursday using their tractors, which arrived at the port area in convoy from three different directions. 

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