No police protest at Tour de France in Utrecht, Rotterdam
A planned protest by the Dutch police union, which threatened to disrupt the second stage of the Tour de France has been called off, AD.nl reported today. The police unions planned to stop the Tour caravan for a traffic control on the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam on stage 2 to draw attention to their prolonged battle to improve pay wages.
Police also planned to interrupt the Grand Depart in Utrecht, but decided against it even though there has been no new collective labour agreement. Negotiations are continuing this week.
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Justice Minister Ard van der Steur and Rotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb planned to ask the courts for an injunction to stop the protest from interfering with the Tour. “I regret this action and I find it incomprehensible that this event, followed by so many cycling fans, is being used for this action,” Aboutaleb said to ANP.
“I have a lot of sympathy for the police officers who are fighting for a better collective labour agreement, but I don’t think that objective should be obtained in this manner."
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