2024-01-21 09:35:24
The President of the German Farmers’ Association (DBV), Joachim Rukwied, has announced new nationwide protests by farmers. “We will continue to fight for an appropriate solution for agricultural diesel,” said Rukwied again on Sunday in the “Rheinische Post” against the gradual subsidy cuts planned by the government. “That’s why there will continue to be campaigns nationwide,” he continued.
Rukwied pointed out that the budget laws for 2024, which contain the cut, have not yet been finally approved by the Bundestag. “The same applies to the budget as it does to any other law: only when everything has been negotiated to the end is it negotiated,” said the association president. Regarding offers from the coalition to relieve farmers elsewhere, for example with help for stable conversions, Rukwied said: “We also have to talk about other topics, but that has to happen afterwards.”
Farmers across the country had already demonstrated against the cuts in recent weeks. The government then decided against the planned abolition of vehicle tax benefits for agricultural businesses and extended the cuts in agricultural diesel over time.
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