The anger of German farmers is far from quashed in the wake of the week-long blockade they held which affected almost the whole of Germany.
Rather, on January 15, thousands of workers pledged to descend on Berlin, with 10,000 farmers and 5,000 tractors expected to show up near the Brandenburg Gate, just metres away from the German parliament.
This latest protest comes on the same day as it was reported that electricity network operator TransnetBW has called on citizens in the state of Baden-Württemberg, bordering France and Switzerland, to reduce their electricity consumption due to “heavily used power lines”.
The farmers’ fury was prompted by the beleaguered coalition government led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
In a bid to fix a hole in the 2024 budget left after the German constitutional court declared the draft submitted illegal, the government announced it would cut farmers’ subsidies.
The move has proven deeply unpopular and saw last week the gathering in major roads up and down Germany of thousands of trucks and tractors blocking the traffic.
The protesters expected in central Berlin on January 15 will join forces with those who have already been spending several cold days and nights camped out in the capital.
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