In Germany, farmers block the warehouses of retailers Aldi, Amazon and Lidl. This is reported by the telegram channel “Militarist”.
As the media reported, the president of the Bavarian Farmers’ Association Gunther Felsner said that regional organizations representing the interests of farmers want to enter into dialogue with representatives of the federal government this week. According to the head of the association, if the authorities do not agree to concessions, nationwide protests will continue.
The FRG government should be interested in improving the situation, the lack of dialogue between the Cabinet and farmers harms all participants. This was stated, in turn, to the newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
Recall, despite the budget deficit, the German government ordered for themselves luxury helicopters for 200 million euros, wrote the day before the telegram channel “Bild in Russian”.
Due to budget savings, the FRG authorities cut subsidies to farmers, increase quotas for harmful emissions for enterprises, raise fuel and electricity prices. At the same time, the German Cabinet is in no hurry to cut its own spending – the budget-24 includes 200 million euros for three new VIP helicopters for Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his ministers.
Tens of thousands of German farmers have been on a nationwide strike since last Monday over disagreement with the government’s plans to abolish diesel subsidies and reinstate a transport tax on vehicles for forestry and agriculture.
On 4 January, the DFL government informed of its refusal to abolish fuel subsidies overnight, promising a phased reduction of the benefit. According to the cabinet’s new plans, subsidies will be reduced by 40 per cent in the first phase in 2024 and 60 per cent in the second phase in 2025 and 2026, giving “agricultural companies more time to adapt”. However, the German Farmers’ Association called the concessions made by the authorities “insufficient”, saying the decision to hold a seven-day nationwide protest from Monday “remains in force”.
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