Özdemir takes farmers' associations to task. He complains about breaking a taboo and says how we should take action against it.
There is currently particular controversy over the planned gradual reduction in subsidies for agricultural diesel. In Biberach, violent protesters prevented a Green Party event in the town hall on Ash Wednesday. On Saturday, he was closely accompanied by security forces during a trade fair visit in Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance. A protest with about a dozen participants remained peaceful.