German farmers began a week of nationwide protests Monday, causing traffic jams across the country as they blocked streets and highways with thousands of tractors and trucks.
Monday’s actions were the latest in a series of protests venting anger over the coalition government’s decision to cut some diesel subsidies to farmers and transport truckers.
The cuts were due to budget shortfalls after Germany’s Constitutional Court declared Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government could not reallocate tens of billions in coronavirus relief funds for other purposes.
