The symbolism that German farmers chose to express their discontent with the government in the first days of the new year was as unambiguous as it was ominous: by the side of rural roads across the country, there were sightings of makeshift gallows dangling traffic-light signs, a reference to the colours of the three governing parties.
In a sign of the levels of anger driving the protests, about 100 farmers on Thursday night blocked the vice-chancellor and economy minister, Robert Habeck, from disembarking from a ferry in northern Germany, prompting it to turn back to the island where he had spent his holidays.
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