Posted 1/13/2024, 11:12:00 AM
Scholz Urges Compromise Amid Ongoing Farmer Protests Over Fuel Subsidy Cuts in Germany
- German Chancellor Scholz calls for calm and compromise as farmers protest fuel subsidy cuts
- Farmers have blocked roads and disrupted traffic with tractor protests across Germany
- Government watered down original subsidy cut plan but farmers continue protests
- Scholz warns of extremists stoking wider discontent and rage in Germany
- Scholz says compromises are essential part of democracy, argues against "sweeping rage"