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Germany risks becoming as polarised as the U.S. as farmers have blocked roads with tractors in massive protests over cuts to diesel subsidies, agriculture minister Cem 脰zdemir said, according to a in German daily Tagesspiegel. 脰zdemir warned that a dangerous rift was emerging in German society, and that 鈥減eople no longer talk to each other, they no longer believe each other, and they accuse each other of all the evil in the world.鈥� He called for a discussion over agriculture鈥檚 role in society in light of consumers鈥� and farmers鈥� divergent interests. The former want 鈥渕ore animal welfare, more climate protection, more environmental and biological diversity and that鈥檚 good,鈥� 脰zdemir said. But that can鈥檛 come at the expense of farmers, who need help through possible financing mechanisms like an 鈥渁nimal welfare levy鈥� of a few cents on meat, he suggested. The Green Party lawmaker took questions at a farmers鈥� rally in Baden-W眉rttemberg in southwest Germany amid boos from the crowd and said he did not agree with the cuts to agricultural fuel subsidies.聽

Farmers in Germany kicked off a week of protests on Monday (8 January) after an emergency budget reshuffle by the government resulted in cuts to subsidies for fossil fuels. A constitutional court ruling in November left chancellor Olaf Scholz鈥檚 coalition short of 60 billion euros in climate and transformation funding, meaning the three parties had to quickly agree on money-saving measures. Fears were raised that far-right groups were hijacking the demonstrations after Green economy minister Robert Habeck was targeted in an illegitimate protest.