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Truckers revoke blockade * Czech Republic - Demand fuel discounts
Truck drivers are trying to get around weekend bans, or at least to limit them. Czech truckers face the strictest restrictions in the EU
Prague,Czech Rep. -The Prague Post, by František Bouc -23, July 2008: -- Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek averted a mounting menace to local roads and highways July 15, preventing a blockade by truckers threatening to protest fuel taxes and a long-discussed year-round ban prohibiting heavy trucks from traveling on local highways on Friday afternoons... In an effort to avoid the same type of blockades that occurred on French and Spanish roads earlier this summer, Topolánek met with the leaders of Česmad Bohemia, an association representing the interests of the country’s transportation and logistics companies... In response to Topolánek’s decision, Česmad said no blockades will occur on Czech roads this summer... Only hours later, however, Environment Minister Martin Bursík, chairman of the coalition Green Party, voiced an even more radical threat: If the government does not introduce the Friday afternoon truck ban, the minority Green Party will leave the Cabinet... Labels: truckers' strikes
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