At Maybrit Illner, the guests surprisingly agreed that the farmers’ protests are an expression of a much deeper problem: politicians are no longer listening to the people. Otherwise it is a show with interesting nuances.
Cem Özdemir, who only became Minister of Agriculture because the Greens realized at the last second that it wouldn’t have been such a good idea to ignore him when allocating the post, has had eventful days. Because he had the courage to face the anger of the farmers, it also rained down on him. The Chancellor, on the other hand, who played a key role in the cuts in agriculture, has so far kept a low profile, as has his finance minister. As a precaution, Olaf Scholz met a farm official behind closed doors on the sidelines of a completely different appointment and only heard the tractor horns muffled.