Thu, 20 Aug 1998 22:26:59 +0300 - Message No. 3781
From: panos

Subject: [Fwd: PR0898:Biker demo in Bonn]


Simon Milward wrote:

> To all motorcycling friends
>
> FEMA would be very grateful if you would forward this
> general press notice to journalists and media
> contacts everywhere.
>
> French & German versions available forthwith.
>
> Those camping please see message at end.
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Simon Milward
> General Secretary FEMA
>
> ------------------------------
> Press Notice
> Issued 19 August 1998
>
> European motorcyclists to protest in Bonn
>
> Bonn is expected to come to a standstill when
> motorcyclists from all over Europe join a 20,000 +
> demonstration Germany on Saturday 29th August.
>
> They will protest against anti-motorcycle legislation
> and for recognition of biking's environmental
> advantages.   It  is being presented by the Motorrad
> Initiativ Deutschland (MID) and the Brussels-based
> Federation of European Motorcyclists' Associations
> (FEMA).  All motorcyclists are invited to take part.
>
> The "Euro Demo" has been staged previously in Strasbourg
> (1988), London (1990), Brussels (1992), Paris (1994),
> Brussels (1996).  Members of the European Parliament
> Bernd LANGE, Markus FERBER and Roger BARTON have
> indicated their intention to attend.
>
> Topping the agenda is a new EU directive on car recycling
> which also applies to motorcycles.  The bikers argue
> that bike use is different to car use and want a full
> environmental appraisal of motorcycles before the
> rules apply to them.  They hope to persuade German
> politicians and the European Parliament to support
> them against what they see as mindless bureaucracy
> defying the principles of good legislation only where
> necessary.  Other grievances include deadly ice-rink
> road repairs and crash barriers, tax discrimination
> and 'road bans'.
>
> The riders will stay the weekend at a big party
> incorporating a rock concert with camping from Friday
> to Sunday at Hahn airport near Koblenz.
>
> ENDS
>
> For more info, demo route and photo points telephone:
> Simon Milward FEMA: + 32 2 736 9047,
> Herbert Pieper MID: +49 172 4328357
>
> Press conference:
> 11h Sat 29th, Rheinaue-Wiesen, A562, Bonn, Sat 29th
>
> Demo start:
> 12h Rheinaue-Wiesen, A562, Bonn, Sat 29th, speeches 13h
>
> Party & campsite:
> Hahn airfield, Koblenz, Exit 43 of A 61 on B 327, 28-30Aug.
>
> Home page:
> http://www.lookup.com/Homepages/87044/EuroDemo.html
>
> ------------------------------
>  
> Message for campers:
>
> Those arriving early at the campsite should be aware that
> there was a slight change in campsite venue earlier in the
> year.  It is 15km from the original, on the same road
> (B327), and will be clearly signposted.
>
> Take Exit 43 of Autobahn A61, go South West on B327,
> through Kastellaun (original site), and 15km to Hahn
> where the entrance is on the right side of the road.


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