German Farmers Take to the Streets--in their Tractors

[Sailorsam]

German farmers clog Berlin streets with tractors in protest against diesel subsidy cuts

German farmers choked the streets of Berlin with tractors in a protest against diesel cost increases. The farmers say there has been a pattern of tightening rules and restrictions.

www.foxnews.com

Farmers clogged Berlin streets with their tractors on Monday, honking their horns in protest at a plan to scrap tax breaks on the diesel they use, the climax of a week of protests that has tapped into wider discontent with Germany’s government.

Columns of tractors rolled into the capital ahead of the demonstration at the landmark Brandenburg Gate. Over the past week, farmers have blocked highway entrances and slowed traffic across Germany with their protests, intent on pushing Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government to abandon the planned cuts entirely.

I've never seen farmers take such action.
I don't know much about German politics but it doesn't seem like a good idea to tax (punish) anything agriculture related. the world needs more food, not less, and any producers should be encouraged.

 

[Sailorsam]

Protests by farmers and others in Germany underline deep frustration with the government

This week began and ended with the long road in front of Berlin’s landmark Brandenburg Gate thronged by heavy vehicles tooting their horns in protest — farmers on Monday and truckers on Friday.

apnews.com

This week began and ended with the long road in front of Berlin’s landmark Brandenburg Gate thronged by heavy vehicles tooting their horns in protest — farmers on Monday and truckers on Friday.

Such demonstrations underline deep frustration in Germany with Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government, which came to power just over two years ago with a progressive, modernizing agenda but has come to be viewed by many as dysfunctional and incapable.

It is struggling to juggle multiple crises and reconcile lofty aims, such as transforming Europe’s biggest economy to meet climate targets and investing in neglected infrastructure while also meeting Germany’s tight self-imposed rules on running up debt.

yes, let's tax our working class to death to deal with Climate Change.
go farmers (and truckers). I hope your government will appreciate your value and work with you.

 

[Still Farming]

German Farmers Protests

Yep- put a candle in a jar and gaffa tape to your rollbar. What's a rollbar? Anyhoo..... I believe there's plenty of old buses at work in zer fatherland, but like any of us, they tend to leave them at home rather than go baiting the law on the roads.

thefarmingforum.co.uk

 

[le bon paysan]

France as well.

French farmers threaten to intensify protests over taxes, regulation

France’s largest farm union is considering staging nationwide protests in the weeks to come amid anger over a government tax on tractor fuel, competition from cheap imports, and excessive restrictions…

www.france24.com

 

[koshari]

Some of the footage was crazy, mind boggles at the collective cost of all that machinery.

 

[britishblue]

Do you think Minnette could organise one? We are going to be mucking out this week!

 

[Wood field]

Do you think Minnette could organise one? We are going to be mucking out this week!

If she did , how many would attend?

 

[Top Tip.]

It’s not just happening on the continent.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1152015552875943

Highlands this week.

 

[DrDunc]

The continental protests are about far more than red diesel rebate cuts

Agriculture is being vilified for causing climate change. Legislation is being written that will, and indeed already has caused sweeping changes to agriculture (government ministers in Holland were forced to resign, but the farmers still got f**ked)

"Green" agendas based upon false, fake, and misleading science are being used to hide the actual source of pollution from the petrochemical industries

Ultra processed "food" manufactured from imported ingredients is being promoted to replace home produce

Livelihoods and futures are being wiped out for a short term political gain by politicians, and continued mind boggling profits from pollution for the oil companies




Yet the media report the massive protests are about red fuel rebates?

 

[JP1]

 

[Ffermer Bach]

The continental protests are about far more than red diesel rebate cuts

Agriculture is being vilified for causing climate change. Legislation is being written that will, and indeed already has caused sweeping changes to agriculture (government ministers in Holland were forced to resign, but the farmers still got f**ked)

"Green" agendas based upon false, fake, and misleading science are being used to hide the actual source of pollution from the petrochemical industries

Ultra processed "food" manufactured from imported ingredients is being promoted to replace home produce

Livelihoods and futures are being wiped out for a short term political gain by politicians, and continued mind boggling profits from pollution for the oil companies




Yet the media report the massive protests are about red fuel rebates?

no mention of the farmer protests in Germany on the radio, however, they have given full coverage to protests againsts the right wing parties!

 

[Lowland1]

You need to be careful when protesting.

 

[essexpete]

You need to be careful when protesting.

Wtf? Mob phone?

 

[Lowland1]

Wtf? Mob phone?

I don't know. I saw another where a Deutz with a loader on went through the back of a New Holland.

 

[le bon paysan]

The continental protests are about far more than red diesel rebate cuts

Agriculture is being vilified for causing climate change. Legislation is being written that will, and indeed already has caused sweeping changes to agriculture (government ministers in Holland were forced to resign, but the farmers still got f**ked)

"Green" agendas based upon false, fake, and misleading science are being used to hide the actual source of pollution from the petrochemical industries

Ultra processed "food" manufactured from imported ingredients is being promoted to replace home produce

Livelihoods and futures are being wiped out for a short term political gain by politicians, and continued mind boggling profits from pollution for the oil companies




Yet the media report the massive protests are about red fuel rebates?

The France 24 link I put above is accurate reporting.

 

[le bon paysan]

Le gouvernement veut à tout prix éteindre l'incendie qui couve chez les agriculteurs

Le Premier ministre, Gabriel Attal, recevra ce lundi à Matignon les présidents de la FNSEA et des Jeunes Agriculteurs. Le ministre de l'Agriculture, Marc Fesneau, qui a demandé la levée des blocages, reporte son projet de loi pour le muscler. A cinq mois des élections européennes, RN, LR et...

www.lesechos.fr

 

[delilah]

The continental protests are about far more than red diesel rebate cuts

Then someone needs to share their manifesto/ list of demands , because all I have read on the various threads is 'cheaper diesel'.

 

[Lowland1]

Then someone needs to share their manifesto/ list of demands , because all I have read on the various threads is 'cheaper diesel'.

Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer.

 

[DrDunc]

Then someone needs to share their manifesto/ list of demands , because all I have read on the various threads is 'cheaper diesel'.

Perhaps the protest organisers need to better publicise their grievances over planned subsidy cuts, and changes in enviromental policy? The straw of red diesel that broke their backs seems somewhat paltry and petty for the size of the reaction

 

[Sailorsam]

Perhaps the protest organisers need to better publicise their grievances over planned subsidy cuts, and changes in enviromental policy? The straw of red diesel that broke their backs seems somewhat paltry and petty for the size of the reaction

yes, their guberment and media dismiss it all with 'oh they just want cheaper gas'.
no effort to be honest.
governments and media, alike all over...