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Farmers protested in Hammelburg on January 2nd. © Heiko Becker/dpa +++ dpa-Bildfunk +++
The Bavarian Farmers’ Association announces a week of protest. For some farmers that is not enough and they are calling for more radical protests.
Munich – As part of a nationwide week of protests against the federal government’s planned subsidy cuts, the farmers’ association is organizing several tractor rallies in Bavaria. The Bavarian Farmers’ Association announced on its website a kick-off event in Munich for next Monday. Further protests are planned for January 10th in Augsburg and January 12th in Nuremberg.
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Some farmers are calling for much more radical protests and accusing the farmers’ association of not representing the interests of farmers, and right-wing populists are also jumping on the issue. Shortly before Christmas, the German Farmers’ Association in Berlin distanced itself from “imbeciles with fantasies of subversion, radicals and other extreme fringe groups and weirdos” on Platform X and called for a peaceful protest.
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Although the protest week has not yet started, there have already been demonstrations by farmers. On Tuesday evening (January 2nd), around 1,200 farmers with several hundred tractors gathered in Hammelburg, Lower Franconia. Next week, the regional association of Bavarian freight forwarders is also planning a protest against the federal government’s policies. The rally in Munich is scheduled for January 12th. (came/dpa)
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This article was edited using machine assistance and carefully checked by editor Katarina Amtmann before publication.
2024-01-03 21:34:22
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