Protesting German farmers set fire to tyres and dumped liquid manure on the road during a protest in the central German city of Magdeburg in the early hours of Thursday. The protest came amid an escalation of weeks-long demonstrations against cuts to fuel subsidies. Farmers blockaded a road in an industrial area in the north of Magdeburg, as a dpa reporter witnessed, and police and emergency services repeatedly extinguished tyres that had been set alight. The local state agricultural industry gr
The upper chamber of Germany's parliament on Thursday delayed consideration of controversial plans to phase out diesel fuel subsidies for farmers. The subsidy cut has enraged Germany's agricultural sector and triggered ongoing protests by farmers. Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition government has agreed to more slowly phase out the subsidy but has otherwise held firm on the plans. The move by the Bundesrat will give the leaders of Germany's 16 states more time to weigh concerns and demands from