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Protest - Switzerland - Truckers rally against road tax hike
Berna,Switzerland -Swissinfo -June 17, 2006: -- Around 2,000 truck drivers and 120 trucks have gathered in Bern to protest against government plans to raise the tax on heavy goods vehicles in 2008... Protestors at the rally, organised by the Swiss road hauliers association, arrived with 150,000 signatures on a petition called "No to this attack on our wallets"... The truckers association launched the petition in April calling for the new rate to be levied only on foreign trucks transiting Switzerland. It said the big losers are Swiss consumers who have had to foot the bill of rising transport costs... (Photo, by Keystone: Not happy: Carlo Schmid, head of the road hauliers association)
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