Bundestag votes to end tax exemption for agricultural diesel by 2026. Measure triggered a massive protest movement by German farmers.
Second chamber of parliament postpones vote on the abolition of agricultural diesel. New headache looms to complete the 2025 budget with, according to the economic daily Handelsblatt, a financial hole estimated between 13 and more than 20 billion euros. The government also increased the tax linked to CO2 emissions more than expected, while that on plane tickets from German airports will increase by a fifth from May.