The traffic light coalition wants to present concrete plans in the first quarter to relieve the burden on farmers. Appropriate measures should be decided by summer. This emerges from a motion for a resolution for the Bundestag, which the coalition factions SPD, Greens and FDP have agreed on, according to information from coalition circles. The application was submitted to the German Press Agency.
The farmers protested against the fact that the federal government wants to gradually remove diesel benefits. After a conversation between the traffic light parliamentary group leaders and representatives of the farmers’ associations, SPD parliamentary group leader Rolf Mützenich said that the coalition wanted to submit a motion for a resolution with a timetable for concrete relief by the summer break for an agricultural debate in the Bundestag on Thursday.
The application is intended to call on the federal government to support a “modernization process” towards ecologically and economically sustainable, long-term future-proof agriculture that produces good food, contributes to protecting the functionality of the climate and offers companies an economic perspective.
Questions are listed that should be clarified “within the framework of the available budget resources”. This is about how reliable financing can be ensured for animal welfare-friendly animal husbandry.
It goes on to say: “How can agriculture be helped efficiently and monetarily by reducing bureaucracy?” As part of so-called practical checks, all official measures at federal and state levels should be examined for efficiency and effectiveness.
The point is also mentioned as to how access to agricultural land can be made easier for agricultural businesses against the background of competition for land and price developments and how the introduction of alternative drives and fuels for agricultural machinery can be supported.
