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Large-scale strike at 7 airports in Germany, affecting around 300,000 people at Munich Security Conference | Reuters

Around 300,000 passengers have been affected by a 24-hour strike demanding a pay rise at seven major airports in Germany. FILE PHOTO: Frankfurt, Germany March 17, 2023. REUTERS/Heiko Becker

[ベルリン 17日 ロイター] – Around 300,000 passengers have been affected as workers at seven major airports in Germany went on strike for 24 hours to demand higher wages.

Around 2,340 flights have been canceled at seven airports – Frankfurt, Munich, Bremen, Dortmund, Hamburg, Hannover and Stuttgart – affecting 295,000 passengers, according to airport association ADV.

The legs of the attendees of the Munich Security Conference held on this day in Munich are also affected. According to an official of the Romanian embassy, ​​the flight of the Romanian foreign minister was also cancelled, and after going to Austria, he arrived in Munich by car over 4 o’clock.

More than 100 heads of state and ministers from around the world are expected to gather at the Munich Security Conference.

Strikes and protests have taken place in the United Kingdom, as well as European countries such as France and Spain, as the coronavirus pandemic and the increase in food and energy prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine hit household budgets.