Angry farmers block Dutch highway but don't get fined. Because... they had covered their licence plates 🤦♂️🤦♀️🤦
The police: that's illegal, but there was little we could do about it "given the situation" 🤡
The difference with the treatment of XR climate activists doing the same on foot is striking.
https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/binnenland/artikel/5634951/boeren-blokkeren-snelweg-met-tachtig-tractoren-maar-krijgen-geen
Kees van der Leun
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2026-08-03 19:03:38 UTC
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