Several arrested as climate activists block major highway in The Hague

Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion blocked a large roadworthy successful the Dutch metropolis The Hague connected Saturday.

Authorities had banned the protestation and constabulary erected screens and fences connected the A12 road to effort to halt protesters reaching the roadworthy connected foot.

However, respective 100 demonstrators successful smaller groups managed to scope the road and the blockage prevented metropolis postulation from entering oregon leaving via that agelong of road.

Some protesters were detained but constabulary didn't accidental however many. Water cannons were besides deployed successful a bid to interruption up the protest.

In caller years, this conception of the road has regularly been blocked by the Dutch subdivision of the Extinction Rebellion clime organisation. They are against the government's plans regarding fossil substance subsidies.

The caller right-wing authorities is reintroducing the subsidies that had antecedently been abolished.

"It's a semipermanent protestation to halt fossil subsidies. We indispensable support connected protesting," said 1 protester.

"Now, you tin spot the fires successful Los Angeles and galore different places are disasters. We indispensable respond overmuch faster to the clime crisis," she added.

Another protester said they are aggravated that the Dutch government, "gives €47 cardinal each twelvemonth to the astir polluting concern successful the Netherlands."

In 2023, the Dutch authorities said yearly fossil subsidies amounted to betwixt €39.7 and 46.4 billion.