Farmers protests | Farmers block Amazon, Aldi and Lidl warehouses
News blog about the farmer demonstrations Farmers block Amazon, Aldi and Lidl warehouses From t-online, dpa, afp, reuters, sic, ts, fho, mam, bm, lim, te, dan, csi Updated on January 15, 2024 – 5:57 p.m. Reading time: 52 min. Farmers protest in front of warehouses: Farmers stand with their tractors in front of an Aldi […]
FDP sticks to cutting agricultural subsidies – “must be”
The FDP currently sees no scope for further concessions on the agricultural subsidies that need to be cut. However, parliamentary group vice-president Meyer makes alternative suggestions that could relieve the farmers. Hundreds of thousands of farmers protested across Germany this week. Their goal: for them everything should stay as it is, the traffic light government […]
Farmers’ President does not want to accept any “rotten compromises”.
News blog about the farmers’ protests Farmers’ President does not want to accept any “rotten compromises”. From t-online, dpa, afp, reuters, sic, ts, fho, mam, bm, lim, te, dan Updated on January 14, 2024 – 12:13 p.m. Reading time: 41 min. Berlin: This is how farmers protest against the traffic light government. (Source: t-online) The […]
Traffic light factions invite farmers to talk
News blog about the farmers’ protests Traffic light factions invite farmers to talk Updated on January 11, 2024 – 8:09 a.m. Reading time: 33 min. Berlin: This is how farmers protest against the traffic light government. (Source: t-online) Farmers want to paralyze Germany from Monday: The farmers’ association has been calling for large-scale protests throughout […]
Farmers’ protests | President Rukwied: “Then we have a huge problem”
The farmers are paralyzing the country, the Chancellor is sticking to the weakened austerity plans. What’s next? A conversation with farmers’ president Joachim Rukwied. Joachim Rukwied is a man in demand these days. His farmers’ association brought parts of Germany to a standstill on Monday, blocked motorway entrances and protested nationwide. It will continue like […]
Farmers’ protests | President Rukwied: “Politicians have broken their word”
The farmers are paralyzing the country, the Chancellor is sticking to the weakened austerity plans. What’s next? A conversation with farmers’ president Joachim Rukwied. Joachim Rukwied is a man in demand these days. His farmers’ association brought parts of Germany to a standstill on Monday, blocked motorway entrances and protested nationwide. It will continue like […]
Farmer protests: Scholz wants to stick to the planned cuts
News blog about the farmers’ protests Scholz wants to stick to cuts despite protests Updated on January 8th, 2024 – 6:48 p.m. Reading time: 22 min. The farmers’ protests are taking on new dimensions: convoys, demonstrations and blockades. (Source: Reuters) Farmers want to paralyze Germany from Monday: The farmers’ association has called for large-scale protests. […]
Farmer protests in the live blog: Court allows highway blockades
Farmers want to paralyze Germany from Monday: The farmers’ association has called for large-scale protests. All information in the news blog. The most important things at a glance The farmers go to the barricades. Starting on Monday, they want to demonstrate against planned cuts in subsidies with road blockades, tractor parades and other forms of […]
Farmers angry despite compromise – Union too
The federal government now wants to reduce agricultural subsidies to a lesser extent. The traffic light coalition members are satisfied – the farmers and the opposition are not. The German Farmers’ Association considers the Federal Government’s announced improvements to agricultural diesel and vehicle tax to be inadequate. “This can only be a first step,” said […]
Grain yields continue to decline
Farmers’ yields in Germany have been falling for years due to climate change. The mood in the companies is gloomy again this year. Nationwide, farmers have started harvesting grain. Mainly because of the drought in May, the German Farmers’ Association expects a harvest that is around six percent lower than last year and a yield […]
