Regarding the ongoing farmers’ protests in Germany, Prime Minister Haseloff is insisting on talks between farmers and the Chancellor.
Saxony-Anhalt’s Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff has spoken out in favor of talks in the Chancellery between the federal government and the farmers’ associations. In an interview with MDR aktuell, the CDU politician emphasized his support for the ongoing protests by farmers against the federal government’s planned savings.
Although the federal government has already reversed some of the cuts to farmers, Haseloff believes it is essential that Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) personally enters into dialogue with the farmers’ associations. “There must now be an invitation to the Chancellery and we must talk to each other there, as was the case in other contexts when there was a conference there on the automotive industry, chemistry and so on. The other sectors have also experienced this and this offer should be made now,” said the Prime Minister.
A lot has accumulated in agriculture in recent years and perhaps even decades. The industry has had to cope with numerous changes, pressure, certifications and bureaucratic challenges. Haseloff also underlined the need for subsidies in Germany and Europe in order to produce competitive agricultural products under the given conditions.
Chancellor Scholz wants to meet with the Brandenburg state farmers’ president on the sidelines of an event in Cottbus today, as government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit announced in Berlin. The Chancellor wanted to explain the government’s position again. “But the stance is clear.” On Tuesday, Scholz also spoke to Farmers President Joachim Rukwied on the sidelines of Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s New Year’s reception.
Source: Stern
