German economy in ‘freefall’ as tractor farmers protest against government

Germany is in gridlock after thousands of farmers block highways across the country in a r over government subsidies we’re here in Hanover in Northern Germany as farmers are mass outside the local Parliament building with horns blaring and lights flashing it comes as Germany’s economy stumbles and there are

Widespread concerns about the levels of migration now there are fears that these demos will f a rise in popularity for the far right we are angry about our government the government um will take away um 1 billion is right one 1 billion um Euro um from our Farms um to manage um the

The household budget yes these are no subventions but it is uh um taxes go high for us it is the um the gas we need to work on our soil and we can we need this gas and we don’t um um um um drive on the streets we only drive on our soil

And for this for 70 years ago um the the government said okay you don’t take um the streets and you don’t have to pay the full tax but a little bit lower and now the government needs money and um they will take us from the farmers and that’s uh we are very Angry Even in the East countries so the um former gdr um where where the link to to the traditional parties is not that um high as as in in the Western countries maybe the half of it it is is protest so and then there is there are

Maybe three or 4% perc of people who are hardly right so now they have a party they can can elect they didn’t had a party before or it was was there was no chance to ever get come to a parliament yeah now there is a chance that uh my

Vote is going to the parliament so the all these hard right people can can vote Energy prices are decreasing right now but the the companies the biggest problem for the companies um is that they are overruled and these rules are are um increasing the production costs and that’s our biggest problem in

Germany Rd is uh is is is linked to Russia they don’t want any money for Ukraine and don’t want any help for Ukraine and we say we have to support Ukraine because um that’s a a democratic system and Putin uh is is is a Criminal for for in

LIGHTS flashing and horns blaring, 3,000 tractors trundled through Hanover in Germany bringing its streets to a gridlocked standstill.

Stepping down from his cab, arable farmer Axel Friehe told me his beleaguered nation’s economy is “breaking down”.

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45 comments

  2. Germany is in "freefall"? What a joke. It is like, you are driving at the speed of light and everybody's concern is why you cannot drive faster. 🤣😅

  3. cdu spokesman being interviewed… not only did the current government fail to manage their budget, the CDU governed decades before and initiated the process that has culminated now. The CDU and AFD also voted in favor of abolishing the subsidies

  4. As a farmer in uk we are having similar problems with our government but we just put up with it .I don’t think it’s anything to do with right wing politics making us feel unwanted

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  6. The stupid undecent "SUN" is simply the Orwellian henchman for the crank Ego globalist ideology, without clue and a lot of hatred against true democrats and patriots who wants to get rid off this awkward dilettants and destroyers in our worst ever german government.
    BRITS, BOYKOTT THE DISGUSTING "Sun"! Lead it to bankrupcy!

  9. The government should take money from farmers and hard-working people and send that money to Ukraine and give to the Middle East immigrants to support their children!!

  12. COME ON MAN same thing in america the rich are buying up the farms and stopping GROWING the masses will soon have to turn to SOLENT GREEN 🤣🤣🤣 you go germany show AMERICAN FARMERS what they MUST DO

  15. Eu was able to print Euros to subsidize petrol costs to farmers because Russia was paid in euros also, now they pay Yanks for petrol in dollars, meaning there is less room to maneuver, now they have to really work to earn dollars instead of just printing. Welcome to the new world 🤭

  18. Their fault. They sat and watched when the current government go elected who shot itself in the foot when it let its cheap oil supply line got bombed out of existence. Freaking joke.

  23. This is what the globalists want…they want governments of the West to fail so they can offer you their solution which will enslave you all! Get the globalists OUT OF GOVERNMENT before they destroy everything!

  24. Good on them for standing up to their government that has betrayed them and stole from the hard working farmers – we need people like this in Australia to stand up to our government that is treating us all as mugs allowing crime to get out of control with weak justice system enabling and excusing the bludgers while robbing from the working man

  26. When will people understand this is a global attack on us. Anything owned by the Rothschilds will feel this. 15 minute cities here we come…

  29. What happens whe you vote for green, leftwing wackos, ndp, labor, and all thise wacked out socialists. Now comes the wake up call.

  34. Das schlimme ist…die Regierung gibt 60 Milliarden € (US 60 Billionen) in der Welt für Entwicklungshilfe aus, 40 Milliarden für Einwanderer…aber hat keine 0,9 Milliarden für die eigenen Bürger/Bauern!!!

    Deutschland ist am Ende…

  35. I’m an American so correct me if I’m wrong but there’s nothing far right about this. The only reason the AfD is associated with this is because the mainstream parties are the reason for the tax increase and other, smaller parties that COULD represent the working class, like Die Linke, don’t. That’s why they gravitate to the AfD

    If they don’t want the far right to win, do better.

  37. "We have to support ukraine, because Putin is a criminal." 😀What a reason? Bravo. I see some serious interest there why Germans must pay the cost of someone else's war.

  40. I stand with farmers 100% without a doubt but i don't like what this AFD party is trying to do. They are simply gain political movement by latching on to Farmer's protest. I would really like to keep these political parties out of this farmer protest just like Indian farmers did during "FARMERS PROTEST" in India. Remember "NO FARMER NO FOOD".

  42. I salute the French. German as well as other farmers, I understand their problems. I am from Slovakia. Farmers in the former Czechoslovakia did not have and did not know such problems. There was socialism and the goals were food self-sufficiency and work for people in the countryside. With the fall of socialism, the conveniences of farmers disappeared. With the entry of Slovakia into the European Union, production fell by 20-40% according to commodities. Livestock production was terminated in many enterprises. Who will stop the dictates of officials from Brussels? Who is manipulating millions of people in Europe and the whole world?

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