There is a big hole in the German government's budget right now.
Billions have to be saved and the green agenda has to be continued at the same time.
For farmers, it is specifically about saving around 1 billion euros by abolishing subsidies
for agricultural diesel and the previous exemption from vehicle
tax for agricultural vehicles.
The farmers already fought back against this in December and called for a large demonstration in Berlin.
They completely blocked the road to the Brandenburg Gate with 1,500 tractors.
An enormous expansion of these protest actions is now in the offing at the start of 2024.
The first highlight is January 8, 2024, which heralds a week of protests followed by a major demonstration
in Berlin on January 15, 2024.
Alfons Wolff: Federal Spokesman of the Federal Representation of FREIES BUILDERS The protest continues.
The federal government's tax plans must be scrapped without replacement.
Let's take to the streets together in the new year, regardless of which association and with all
the citizens who have already joined us.
The failure of the traffic light coalition alone will not help us.
We need perspectives.
And even the AfD and CDU have agreed to the proposed legislation, which is hard to believe.
It's not just unjustified taxes that are our problem today.
The independent farmers are calling for a fundamental change in agricultural policy.
Away with Green Deal and Farm to Fork.
Get rid of the excessive requirements and the insane bureaucracy.
We need to do away with the price pressure from imports that are not produced to our standards.
Eliminate price pressure from upstream and downstream monopolies.
Away with genetic engineering, lab-grown meat and insect eating.
And above all, get the wolves out of our cultural landscape.
We are calling for a reorientation of agricultural policy.
More and more other professional groups, such as hauliers, train drivers, restaurateurs and tradespeople,
are joining the farmers' protests.
They are also suffering from the measures of the traffic light government and fear for their existence.
Due to the current situation, we are therefore broadcasting the documentary Bauernopfer again afterwards.
It sheds light on the background and strategies of this misguided agricultural policy, which not only jeopardizes the livelihood of farmers, but [that of] society as a whole.