German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised farmers on Monday that he would make life easier for them by reducing red tape in the sector, which has staged mass protests in recent weeks, AFP and Agerpres reported.

“We are determined to talk specifically with farmers about what specifically we can do to make it easier for them,” Scholz told reporters. “There is too much bureaucracy,” he noted.

The chancellor made the announcement during a visit to “Grüne Woche”, a week-long German agricultural fair in Berlin. Scholz stopped by several stands and chatted with representatives of the profession.

The head of the German executive promised on this occasion to study “the progress that can be achieved in Germany” and “what we can change, thanks to our influence, in Brussels” to simplify the administrative obligations of farmers. He also promised to “make life easier for those who work and live on farms.”

“Of course, we have already taken measures that we are proud of. But we are still far from what we want for the future of agriculture,” Scholz added.

Farmers’ protests in several European countries

German farmers have been mobilizing en masse for weeks against a fiscal reform on diesel prices that would see the abolition of the exemption they benefited from in 2026.

However, they also consider other claims – the growing environmental obligations imposed on the agricultural sector, the increase in production costs, the administrative burden on agricultural exploitation.

In recent days, other European countries where similar demonstrations took place – France, Poland, Romania – joined the Frandian movement of German farmers.

In France, the newly elected government of Gabriel Attal has promised a “dramatic simplification” of agricultural regulations.