Why are German producers so angry? Over 2,000 tractors mobilized in Berlin against cuts in government subsidies

Published Jan 6, 2024

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The German government under Chancellor Olaf Scholz is adjusting subsidies for agricultural producers, leading to widespread discontent and protests. The protests began in response to a 17 billion euro budget cut, including the elimination of "climatically harmful" subsidies, and continued to grow as the government refused to abolish tax cuts for agricultural diesel. Despite some concessions from the government, farmers and tractor drivers are continuing to demand more significant changes and are planning further demonstrations.
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The adjustment that the German government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz is carrying out in the European country has generated deep discomfort among agricultural producers in those latitudes, since a cut in the subsidies that the sector receives is in dispute. It all started in November last year, when the German Constitutional Court decided to cut the budget by 17 billion euros, including the elimination of “climatically harmful” subsidies. In that turn, the farmers and their tractors fell. After several negotiations and growing unrest, on December 18, some 1,000 tractors took over the streets of the German capital, protesting in Berlin against the government's refusal to abolish tax cuts for agricultural diesel. “Farmers say prices will rise as the cost of living continues to skyrocket in all sectors of the European country,” the Euronews site reported at the time. As the days went by, the unrest continued to grow, until on Thursday, January 4, the German government decided that it ...

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