Climate protesters block Dutch highway while police strike


  • World
  • Saturday, 14 Sep 2024

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Climate activists blocked a major traffic artery in the Netherlands on Saturday, the latest in a series of demonstrations against government subsidies on fossil fuels.

With policing of the protest light due to a strike, around 500 activists marched onto a highway that leads into the centre of The Hague, seat of the Dutch government, around midday.

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