( ) -q-19- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “so has discontent..” German farmers have gathered in Berlin to protest against planned cuts to tax breaks for diesel used in agriculture. [CutID: <Cuts> GERMANY-FARMERS-house-q-MONam.mp3 Time: 19s Title: GERMANY-FARMERS-house-q-MONam Out-cue: so has discontent] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. —————————— VERBATIM: The cuts are part of a deal reached […]
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German farmers protest against government tax breaks for diesel
( ) -q-19- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “so has discontent..”
German farmers have gathered in Berlin to protest against planned cuts to tax breaks for diesel used in agriculture.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting.
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VERBATIM: The cuts are part of a deal reached by the government to plug a hole in the country’s budget. Leaders of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition last week agreed on measures to fill an 18.5 billion dollar hole in next year’s budget. As more details have emerged of what the deal entails, so has discontent, notably over a plan to cut tax breaks for agricultural diesel and scrap an exemption from car tax for farming vehicles.