BGL and Farmers’ Association Express Dissatisfaction with Action Week

From January 8 to 12, 2024, an action week will take place across Germany, where agriculture and the transport industry will demonstrate together. Farmers, the transport industry, freight forwarders, and truck drivers will express their dissatisfaction with the federal government’s budget plans through demonstrations, convoys, or rallies starting January 8 nationwide.

(Frankfurt) Over 100 actions will take place nationwide in all federal states to warn the public and politics against jeopardizing the competitiveness and existence of farmers and medium-sized transport companies. For a competitive agriculture, the promotion of agricultural diesel and the exemption from vehicle tax are essential. Therefore, the German Farmers’ Association, together with the state farmers’ associations and LsV Germany, demands that the planned tax increases for agriculture by the federal government be withdrawn.

The Federal Association of Goods Transport, Logistics and Waste Disposal (BGL) e.V. demands compliance with the coalition’s commitment to avoid double CO2 pricing for toll plus diesel, a doubling of the toll harmonization programs to 900 million euros, as well as more money for intact roads and bridges, truck parking spaces, and reliable funding programs for climate-friendly road freight transport.

Large Rally on January 15, 2024, starting at 11:30 AM in Berlin

The DBV and the BGL stand for a clear, but peaceful and democratic protest. Therefore, both associations call on their member companies to demonstrate peacefully and only participate in registered and approved protest actions. A selection of properly registered and approved actions, demonstrations, and rallies between January 8 and 12 can be found here:

Monday, January 8, 2024

• Convoy drives in the districts of Steinburg, Pinneberg, Segeberg, Dithmarschen, and the city of Hamburg (organized by the Farmers’ Association of Schleswig-Holstein)
• Area of Hamburg, Bremen-Oldenburg, Göttingen (organized by the Lower Saxony Farmers’ Association)
• Convoy from the regions to Bremen (organized by the Bremen Farmers’ Association)
• Demonstration in Potsdam in front of the State Chancellery (organized by the State Farmers’ Association of Brandenburg)
• Convoy in Cottbus/Organizer: Mittelstandsinitiative Brandenburg
• Convoy to Magdeburg (Cathedral Square) and Halle/Saale (Riebeckplatz) with rally at 11:00 AM (organized by the Farmers’ Association of Saxony-Anhalt)
• Demonstration in Erfurt, tractors assemble from 6:00 AM, rally at 11:00 AM (organized by the Thuringian Farmers’ Association)
• Convoy with rally in front of the Hessian State Chancellery in Wiesbaden, rally at 12:00 PM (organized by the Hessian Farmers’ Association)
• Convoy with central closing event at 2:00 PM (organized by the Farmers’ Association of Saar)
• Rally in Ravensburg starting at 11:00 AM (organized by the district farmers’ associations of Allgäu-Oberschwaben and Tettnang)
• Protest rally starting at 11:00 AM in Munich (organized by the Bavarian Farmers’ Association)

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

• Convoy drives in the districts of Nordfriesland and Schleswig-Flensburg, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Stormarn, and Ostholstein-Lübeck (organized by the Farmers’ Association of Schleswig-Holstein)
• Actions in Düsseldorf (organized by the Rhineland Agricultural Association)
• Large demonstration at Theaterplatz in Dresden starting at 12:00 PM (organized by the Saxon State Farmers’ Association)
• Convoy to Kassel to the government presidium (organized by the district farmers’ association Kassel)
• Protest rally starting at 10:00 AM in Augsburg (organized by the Bavarian Farmers’ Association)

Thursday, January 11, 2024

• Tractor convoy through Cottbus (organized by the State Farmers’ Association of Brandenburg)
• Convoy to Frankfurt with rally at the Opera Square (organized by the Hessian Farmers’ Association)
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Friday, January 12, 2024

• Convoy drives in the districts of Plön and Rendsburg-Eckernförde to and through Kiel (organized by the Farmers’ Association of Schleswig-Holstein)
• Action “Agriculture Meets Politics” with a visit to the Bundestag members of the region (organized by the State Farmers’ Association (organized by the Rhineland Agricultural Association and Westphalian-Lippe Agricultural Association)
• Protest rally starting at 11:00 AM in Nuremberg (organized by the Bavarian Farmers’ Association)
• Truck protest action in Munich, Theresienwiese (Organizer: BGL-South, LBT)
• For information on further actions, please contact the state farmers’ associations and the state associations of the BGL.

Photo: © BGL