The social medial initiative “Kaiserslautern Blockade” announced a protest rally starting on Kaiserslautern’s Messeplatz Saturday, March 23, 2024. Farmers and fellow protesters plan to gather and drive through Kaiserslautern to demonstrate against current German government policies. (Alexander Riedel/Stars and Stripes)

The social medial initiative “Kaiserslautern Blockade” announced a rally and subsequent demonstration drive through Kaiserslautern for Saturday, starting at noon at the Messeplatz.

The event is aimed at protesting the policies of Germany’s “traffic light” coalition government, the organizers said on TikTok.

This demonstration follows a nationwide series of farmer protests that saw more than 1,000 participants during a January protest drive through the city.

The rally at Messeplatz is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m., featuring speeches followed by a protest convoy drive through the city.

A procession of around 50 vehicles is expected from Rockenhausen via route 401 and planners expect 300 to 500 participants with about 200 to 300 vehicles, including tractors, trucks, and cars, to take part in the demonstration, Westpfalz Police reported.

The approximately 4 miles-long route through Kaiserslautern leads from the Messeplatz via Hilgardring in the direction of Mainzer Strasse, via Ludwigstrasse and Maxstrasse to Pfaffplatz, from there via Rudolf-Breitscheid-Strasse, Logenstrasse, Eisenbahnstrasse, Karl-Marx-Strasse, Fischerstrasse and Barbarossaring back to the Messeplatz, Police said.