Snow, bitter cold bring chaos to Germany, UK
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February 10, 2021
BERLIN: Freezing drivers were stranded for hours in traffic jams in Germany and Covid-19 vaccination centres were shut in Britain on Tuesday as Europe was pummelled by the heaviest snow in years.
Traffic on a motorway near the German city of Bielefeld was brought to a standstill by heavy snowfall overnight Monday into Tuesday, with some drivers trapped for at least 16 hours, according to media reports.
The bottleneck, caused by lorries stuck in the snow and stretching over 37 kilometres (23 miles), had still not been cleared by Tuesday morning, local police said.
Snow And Bitter Cold Bring Chaos To Germany And Britain By Femke COLBORNE with AFP bureaus
02/09/21 AT 8:36 AM
Freezing drivers were stranded for hours in traffic jams in Germany and Covid-19 vaccination centres were shut in Britain on Tuesday as Europe was pummelled by the heaviest snow in years.
Traffic on a motorway near the German city of Bielefeld was brought to a standstill by heavy snowfall overnight Monday into Tuesday, with some drivers trapped for at least 16 hours, according to media reports. Snowfall is expected to decrease in the coming days Photo: AFP / Odd ANDERSEN
The bottleneck, caused by lorries stuck in the snow and stretching over 37 kilometres (23 miles), had still not been cleared by Tuesday morning, local police said.
The Bavarian-governing party, the Christian Social Union is adopting its digital strategy this week. Among other things, it calls for a digitally sovereign Europe, but some of the plans smack of national unilateralism. EURACTIV Germany reports.
With the German election year now up and running, every party initiative, every meeting, and every paper is viewed as part of the campaign.
This is also the case with the Bavarian sister party of the conservative CDU, the CSU’s, strategy meeting on Wednesday and Thursday (6-7 January). A draft resolution on the Bavarian conservatives’ “Digital Agenda 2021” was circulated in advance.
Thomas Duhr, vice president of the German Digital Economy Association (BVDW) eV, sees this as a “prelude to the federal election campaign.”
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