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Europe dismisses German protesters at its peril

Governments must win consent for net-zero levies or they risk far-reaching popular revolt

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Joanna Williams
Jan 12, 2024
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Protesters blocking roads. Train drivers on strike. Doctors set to down stethoscopes and join picket lines. Food and energy prices soaring amid a cost of living crisis and growing income inequality. Sound familiar? This is Germany.

Britain’s liberals once looked upon Germany as the embodiment of all they had lost in le…

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