Escalated protests against the Greens: Police union calls for tractor ban on demos. Green Party meeting on Ash Wednesday in Biberach had to be canceled due to tractor blockades.
Police officers pushed the crowd back and were pelted with objects. Security forces used pepper spray and batons. Three officers were slightly injured during the operation, the Ulm police headquarters said. Green politicians themselves criticize the heated atmosphere during such protests. “Democratic discourse is what defines us – not preventing conversations, not insulting people and not crossing borders,” said Bundestag Vice President Katrin Göring-Eckardt on Deutschlandfunk.