Angry farmers stage Germany-wide tractor blockades • FRANCE 24 English
Braving temperatures below freezing Farmers protested across Germany in nearly all 16 federal states 500 tractors were counted at the Brandenburg gate in Berlin’s government district with City centers blocked with farm equipment in Munich Hamburg cologne and Breman too outside of these major hubs slow moving Farm Vehicles blocked Motorway ramps causing major traffic
Delays Nationwide scrambling to fill a 17 billion Euro funding Gap in the 2024 budget chance for Olaf Schultz Coalition are targeting agricultural subsidies we have we consume 120,000 L of diesel per year and this agricultural diesel refund of 21 cents amounts to €25,000 for us the initial plan was to axe the
Subsidy entirely but was modified last week in the face of backlash to cut the subsidy by 40% in 20124 and end it only in 2026 farmers are also set to lose their vehicle tax discounts I want to make it clear that we need to take decisions in this area and that
Means removing subsidies which have been heavily criticized for many many years as part of a very carefully considered review this is what the federal government has just proposed after a Court ruling blocked measures in the 2024 budget an air traffic tax hike and cuts to social
Benefits are also in the visor far right opposition party AF D have taken up the cause of the farmers some of whom were flying the party’s flag and calling for SNAP elections meanwhile Vice Chancellor Robert habc warned that the protests were at risk of being hijacked by dangerous ethnic nationalist extremists
Monday’s industrial action also coincided with Lori drivers striking against increased tolls likely to compound the disruption are the railway strike scheduled for Wednesday
Furious farmers opposed to Berlin’s plans to cut tax breaks for agriculture used tractors to block roads across Germany on Monday, kicking off a series of crippling strikes sinking the country deeper into a winter of discontent.
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49 comments
I LOVE the German Farmers, the are HEROES💖🚜🚜💖
Traktoren-Rebellion der Bauern ✊🏻
What do they expect the farmers to run their tractors with ?
The deficit in funding resulted because of this government dumping billions into
largely useless projects and abroad.
Now scapegoats are being looked for to cope with expenses.
Farmers are the ones growing GMO crops and spraying your food and or raising stock with pesticides not all farmers but the majority. They want what exactly?
there is hundreds of billions for wars,when come to people there are no money…and they blame right wing ahahahaa
I support all farmers.
Our gouvernment is a shame.
Surprising how long it took you to say "far right" you do realise that people can see what you are doing by this don't you? You know that labeling everything you don't like "far right " reduces your credibility don't you?
There should be no subsidies and import taxes. It is said that european agriculture is efficient. Let's see them competing against Africa.
Not only farmers, craftsmen as well!
Germany has the worst and stupidest government ever: Chancellor Scholz and his cabinet ministers called Baerbock (Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Habeck (Ministry of Economic Affairs), Lauterbach (Ministry of Health), Özdemir (Ministry of Agriculture)
Support the farmers.
First thing should be cut goverment & vip spending.
With in one week it's solves is compulsory next week's crisis time for all 2024 year is one week is enough to minimised with talks who solves it
Germany for the Germans
Politicians need to explain where all this money as gone? Most Governments are Trillions in DEBT, How?
Isnt a lot of the case that land is being taken out of food production,because there is more short term profit in these solar farms etc and habitat change, so investors rather than farmers have started buying up vast tracks of land?
Farming is already non profit shame on government
Bravo .🇩🇪🚜
There are still sane people
It is very similar to the protest of Indian Sikh farmers. They run protest around the globe! I hope European farmers are going to join together in protests
Support to the farmers 🎉
By the way , the public is behind the farmers
They call it a subsidy, but really it amounts to a tax hike for them. Sudsidy makes it sound like the government is gifting them money when in reality they were just allowing them to keep more of their own money.
Farmers, business people and the self employed should be protesting together in solidarity across Europe and the UK.
Its not just farmers that are struggling. Self employed, construction industry, plant and more are struggling.
AFD as a Far right party ? BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Polish farmers support all German farmers
Support for farmers
Solidarity with German farmers from Poland 🇵🇱
European Union want destroyed all European farmers
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Those politicians are monsters and work for WEF, not humanity.
There are not only farmers protesting! Also Truckers, handymans, bakeries, butchers, hunters and a lot of private people are on the move!
It's like in chess, the pawns make the first move and in the end the king falls
they need to buy electric tractors and batteries size of locomotive behind them
Honk honk freedom 👍 canadian fan
Farmers of the world unite!
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Farmers pride
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Go away with yourself labelling AFD as extremists blah blah blah.
Respect. Support the Farmers
Robert Habeck is not the chancelor of Germany ! Mistake ! He is a minister of the greens, an unlearned book wrighter and not able to manage this.
They want the farmers bankrupt so they can take the agricultural land. Do not comply. Go German Farmers! Support from 🇨🇦
Control the food, control the people.
We want the Gouvernement take theyr hats. Only money to the hole World, but no money for the Citizen in Germany. Its no more about the tax its to get the Gouvernement off! We all support the Farmers and the people are stayin together like 1989. Its Time to Change!!!
Wow france 24 is really showing its leftist bias with this one….
Dear government, don't play with food. We learned that as children.
It is happening a lot of days on Greece..
Salary per month: 550-600 euros
Rent house: 350-400 euros
Electricity: 50 euros
Water: 25 euros
What you take to eat for yourself?Little things..
If you want make family?You cannot.
This is the life on Greece.
It was much more than a tax protest.
It is a problem of the debt brake of the EU fiscal pact. It would have been better to cancel all EU debt 11 years ago and start again at zero. The EU's financial problems were dragged out for 11 years.