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2024-01-17 16:47:07 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B952DBB56278B775007795839B3007E6D246DB127CAA1AC06141D4381B364FE2
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This is false. Subsidies for farmers have not ended in Germany. The current protests are about a tax break on diesel expiring. Germany faces a 60 billion Euro hole in its household that is due to its constitutional debt brake, not Ukraine, on which German spends way less. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-farmers-block-roads-highway-ramps-protest-subsidy-cuts-2024-01-08/ https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/special-funds-how-germany-gets-round-debt-brake-2023-11-17/#:~:text=Germany's%20constitutional%20court%20ruled%20on,off%2Dthe%2Dbudget%20funds.
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