A spokeswoman for the peasant movement “country connection” says: It is no matter whether the right-wing radicals or other party support.
The Alliance “country connection” to protest against the agricultural policy of the Federal government, photo: Rüdiger Wölk/imago images
BERLIN taz | The peasant movement “the country connection” (LsV) in lower Saxony, creates party wants to be politically neutral and not the radical right-wing AfD delimit. “To me, it doesn’t matter who makes the decisions if the decision-makers in favour of agriculture,” said the spokesperson of the movement in the state, Henriette Struß, in an Interview with the German press Agency. “Then it is of no importance to me whether this is a left party or the AfD, or a green party. The main thing is that decisions are scientifically based.“
Dpa had led with Struß a word according to the Interview, the authorised spokesperson for the Agency, also. To the question, “you have refused to see the least aware of the Land creates a connection to the AfD, delineate. Why?” replied the 28-year-old Farmer: “Why should I differentiate myself from anyone? Then I’m neutral.“
“Creepy, what is the harm here for the Image of us farmers is done,” commented Kirsten Wosnitza, until recently, schleswig-Holstein state Chairman of the Association of German dairy farmers, and now as a blogger, active in the case of Facebook, the Interview of Struß. “In this way, the agriculture advances in the middle, but at the edge of our society. Not with us. An inch to the right.“
lower Saxony is the state with the highest sales in agriculture and also for the “Land connection” is very important. The movement had mobilized in the past few months, tens of thousands of farmers, several demonstrations against environmental regulations for the agriculture and the EU-free trade agreement with the South American Mercosur countries.
taz had mentioned in the run-up to the fact that of the parliamentary parties, only the AfD supports all of these claims. In a Demonstration of the movement and of the farmers ‘ Association at the end of November in Erfurt, there is also a tractor / trailer with AfD participated in election posters. Many farmers are angry at their previous tribe parties, the CDU and the CSU, because of these limitations, the use of fertiliser and pesticide use agree. While some representatives reject talks with the AfD, negotiate other very well with the radical right-wing party.
