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After the farmers' protests - continue like this or can a new beginning succeed?

The protests by farmers in the first weeks of the year kept the Federal Republic in suspense. At the height of the protests, several thousand tractors gathered in Berlin on January 15th and blocked the capital. But is this really just about the cuts in agricultural diesel subsidies as part of the budget planning for 2024?

The protests by farmers in the first weeks of the year kept the Federal Republic in suspense. At the height of the protests, several thousand tractors gathered in Berlin on January 15th and blocked the capital.

But is this really just about the cuts in agricultural diesel subsidies as part of the budget planning for 2024? Or is anger over years of failed agricultural policy now boiling over?

NABU President Jörg-Andreas Krüger classifies the protests, talks about the biggest challenges facing agriculture in Germany and explains what the traffic light coalition urgently needs to implement before the federal elections in autumn 2025.

More information about the farmers’ protests: https://www.nabu.de/news/2024/01/34399.html

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