Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir has long tried to soften the farmers’ mood. Things went quite well for two years. Then came the matter of agricultural diesel. Suddenly he has to fight – and at least his faction has his back.
Cem Özdemir finally sees the fruits of his labor. Green Week in Berlin, Hall eleven: At the Moldau stand there is Divin, a brandy. “We picked the grapes for this together,” says Moldova’s Agriculture Minister Vladimir Bolea. And actually, during his visit to Moldova in October, Özdemir spent an hour in the vineyard. “I took my work seriously, as always,” he says. Well then cheers.