hundreds of farmers on tractors disrupted Frankfurt airport

They oppose a reform of taxation on diesel, in a context of anger among farmers across Europe. Hundreds of farmers on tractors disrupted Frankfurt airport, Germany’s largest, on Saturday February 3, the city’s police announced. “Traffic is disrupted around the airport. People going to the airport are asked to use public transport”had warned the police in the morning on X.

Around noon, 400 tractors took part in the demonstration, according to the same source. The Hesse Farmers’ Association has announced up to a thousand agricultural vehicles. Early this afternoon, police reported that “the protest at the airport has been officially ended by the organizers. All temporary closures have therefore been lifted”. According to a spokesperson for the Hessian Farmers’ Association, the action took place “peacefully”.

The aim was to oppose the plan to reduce subsidies for diesel, and to draw attention to farmers’ concerns about their competitiveness. It was planned to demonstrate around the airport, leaving the access routes to the terminals free so as not to prevent passengers from taking their flights, the spokesperson said.