is threatening germany with fines of up 285-0000 euros a day for breaching e.u. fertiliser limits it once the country to revise its legislation so that its fertiliser use complies with e.u. directives protecting ground water quality. we asked germany s minister of agriculture yulia plattner how she sees lobbyists in agriculture element alia markel the secondary posts of a lot of parliamentarians on the agriculture committee especially from the conservative faction are mainly within industry how do you ensure a balance of politic. this is not i hadn t heard the mainly within industry but if someone has their own farm and then. i m talking about executive appointments at major agricultural corporations and are going to name as a scam well i know they get a condom and it isn t on any supervisory board tomorrow nor is my lane