Throughout the Netherlands, Dutch farmers have been protesting against new emissions reduction targets.
Dutch police fired a gun at a 16-year-old boy in a tractor at the end of a day filled with farmers protesting against new government plans to cut nitrogen emissions.
The 70 per cent would concern 131 areas near vulnerable natural areas, in an attempt to let those protected environments recover. Others took to highways to express frustration, with tractors driving at a walking pace causing large traffic jams. In Arnhem, a city in the east, farmers and their tractors gathered in front of a provincial governmental building.Another target was distribution centres, which were not accessible in more than 15 locations.
With another week of protests, institutions braced themselves and services such as the Dutch Railways operator sent out warnings for disruptions.
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