Achim Spiller knows the secret power of the farmers’ lobby. Example of fertilizer regulations. Over the past decade, too much nitrate found its way into the groundwater in Germany, and the European Union insisted on compliance with the agreed limit values. The core problem: Farmers fertilize too much, the excess nutrients seep through the soil and contaminate the water.
Protests against the traffic light coalition: The legendary power of the farmers’ lobby – politics
