Green week without farm animals: Protest calls for agriculture in Berlin!

Green week without farm animals: Protest calls for agriculture in Berlin!

The Green Week in Berlin, which takes place on the exhibition center from January 17th to 26th, 2025, will be severely affected this year by the spread of mouth and claw disease. As the director of the event, Lars Jaeger, confirmed, will not be present any pairs such as cattle, sheep or goats. This step was decided in coordination with the veterinary office to contain the virus. Instead, alternative programs with horses, rabbits and donkeys are to be carried out because the safety precautions require a change in the live program. According to the organizers, around 300,000 guests and 1,400 exhibitors are expected during the ten fair days. This reports RBB24.

protests on agricultural policy

Accompanying the Green Week, an alliance of around 60 organizations is planning a protest in Berlin next weekend under the motto "Who actually benefits here?". This demonstration is committed to a social-ecological agricultural turnaround and is particularly relevant in view of the upcoming Bundestag election. The campaign manager Anne Skambraks expressed that the upcoming federal government must finally put the common good about group interests. Greenpeace representative Martin Kaiser sharply criticized the current agricultural policy of the traffic light coalition. The alliance "We are fed up" has registered 10,000 participants who want to draw attention to their concerns during this important agricultural event.

In a completely different political context, SPD boss Lars Klingbeil in a sharply questioned the Greens. He assumes that they were aiming for a subordinate role in a possible coalition with the Union and had thus given up their ambitions for their own government. According to Klingbeil, who turned to the media, the Greens literally throw Friedrich Merz, the Chancellor's candidate of the CDU/CSU. This shows how strained the political forces are fighting for voters before the elections. Klingbeil announces that the SPD wants to grow significantly in the upcoming election campaign and still sees potential for a better result than it reflects the current surveys. These developments reflect the tense political dynamics, which also shape the framework of the Green Week, as can be seen from the reports from Welt.de

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