New wave of farmer protests loom as German government refuses to budge

Germany’s ruling coalition refused to back down in its political showdown with protesting farmers, deciding late on Thursday to stick to its plans to cut farm subsidies, opening the floodgates to an unprecedented “eruption” of new protests.

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Farmers in Germany have been protesting for weeks against planned subsidy cuts by the federal government, saying that the move would bring them in financial trouble. The protest movement blocked several motorways and city centres in the past two weeks and culminated in a rally of some 30,000 farmers and 5,000 tractors in Berlin on Monday. [CLEMENS BILAN/EPA]

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Kjeld Neubert Euractiv Jan 19, 2024 06:38 3 min. read

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