Farmers staged Dutch-style tractor protests across the country on Monday in response to the globalist policies of Prime Minister Olaf Scholz's government, bringing Germany to a standstill. They argue that this policy threatens the very existence of the agricultural industry.
Farmers' organizations are planning a week of actions to protest the left-wing coalition government's plans to slash subsidies to the agricultural sector, as well as increase taxes on diesel fuel and scrap car tax exemptions for farmers. started.
In addition, 2,000 tractors were paralyzed in Ville Delfurt, Allemagne. #Bauern #B0801 #BauernProtest pic.twitter.com/mYSY6tyt13
— Anonyme Citoyen (@AnonymeCitoyen) January 8, 2024
The proposed tax increases and funding cuts come as the government seeks to plug a 17 billion euro ($18.6 billion) hole in its 2024 budget. The government was seeking to raise more money from German farmers but had no intention of cutting aid to Ukraine, which is set to double to 8 billion euros this year.
Ahead of a week of farmers' protests, the government said it was prepared to reverse some of its agricultural subsidy cuts and restructure tax increases over the next three years. However, the German Farmers' Association (DBV) said such a move would not be enough to prevent the economic disaster facing many farmers across the country.
Hamburg, January 8, 2024: After a rally in the city center as part of the farmers' association's week of action, participants stand in front of a tractor with the inscription “Traffic light: D = No self-service market” written on it. Put up a poster. In response to the federal government's austerity plan, farmers' associations called for a week of rallies and rallies starting January 8th. It is scheduled to culminate in a large demonstration in the capital on January 15th. Photo: Marcus Brandt/dpa (Photo Credit: Marcus Brandt/picture Alliance via Getty Images)
Nationwide protests on Monday saw tractors blocking highways, bridges and tunnel entrances in various states across Germany. according to Farmers told broadcaster NTV that they had closed access points to entire cities in Brandenburg, including the city center of Brandenburg an der Havel and Cottbus.
In Berlin, police reported that at least 566 tractors, cars, trucks and vans descended on the city center and blocked the street between the Victory Column and the Brandenburg Gate on June 17th. night.
Production was also halted at the Volkswagen plant in Emden on Monday, with tractors blocking access roads around the plant and preventing employees from coming to work.
German farmers, with the help of German truck drivers, managed to block dozens of highways.
This is my view from a tractor driving down the A2, the busiest motorway in Europe.
surprised. History is being made. pic.twitter.com/td4XkNACQf
— Eva Vladingerbroek (@EvaVlaar) January 8, 2024
Joachim Lukwied, head of the German Farmers' Association, said the government was “depriving agriculture of its future viability”. Rukwied said that the combination of rising energy costs, a result of years of Green Agenda policies and the Ukraine war, and the proposed subsidy cuts and tax increases, would mean that the average German farmer would have to pay at least a third of his income. He said he would lose it.
The farmers' association president went on to dispute the government's claim that it lacks funds, arguing that Berlin's bloated government has a spending problem rather than a revenue problem, and that the government has He argued that we should aim to reduce emissions.
Rukweed went on to say that “the planned tax increase was the last straw” for farmers whose businesses were “dying on installments”.
Hamburg, January 8, 2024: A tractor is parked in the city center after a rally as part of the farmers' association's action week. In response to the federal government's austerity plan, farmers' associations called for a week of rallies and rallies starting January 8th. It is scheduled to culminate in a large demonstration in the capital on January 15th. Photo: Marcus Brandt/dpa (Photo Credit: Marcus Brandt/picture Alliance via Getty Images)
Green Party deputy leader Robert Habeck, who was personally protested by hundreds of farmers last week, criticized the farmers' protests and government spokespersons. warned Farmers rallied support elsewhere on Friday, despite reports that alleged “far-right” elements were trying to exploit the demonstrations for their own benefit.
Alexander Dobrindt, president of the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) in the Bundestag, said the protests were legitimate and legitimate, insisting they were the inevitable result of the failures of the left-wing government of Olaf Scholz. did.and declare: “Farmers support this protest.” The populist party Alternative for Germany (AfD) is also supporting the protest.
BERLIN, GERMANY – JANUARY 8: Ariel's views on German farmers were announced on Monday in response to plans by the coalition government to phase out agricultural subsidies as it rushes to rebuild its finances by January 8, 2024. began a week of nationwide protests by blocking roads with tractors. in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Omer Sercan Karkus/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The German farmers' protests are similar to those in the Netherlands, which staged a similar uprising against outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte's Great Reset-style policies that sought to close thousands of farms to comply with European Union rules. Following the example. The Union's Green Agenda.
Massive movements in the Netherlands have led to political success, with the protest-linked party Boerbergerbeweging (Peasant Citizens' Movement) becoming the region's largest party and the largest force in the Senate after last spring's local elections. . The party is currently negotiating with the populist leader, and the next prime minister, Geert Wilders, is expected to form a coalition government.
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