# CDU backs farmer protests against diesel-subsidy cuts

Date: 2024

In January 2024 [Merz](/people/friedrich-merz)’s CDU aligned with farmer protests against the traffic-light diesel cuts. Alignment is a completed opposition act, not a restoration of the subsidy.

## People

- Friedrich Merz: https://factrail.ai/people/friedrich-merz

## Drivers

- Political Polarization: https://factrail.ai/drivers/political-polarization

## Sources

- https://www.cdu.de/artikel/bauernproteste
- https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-farmers-block-roads-protest-against-subsidy-cuts-2024-01-08/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/de-merz-farmers-2024