German farmers blocked the road leading up to the Brandenburg gate in Berlin in the latest wave of anger against efforts to protect Europe"s nature from farming pollution. Government plans have included increasing taxes for farming solutions and cutting subsidies for agricultural products. Farmers in western Europe have fought with increasing ferocity against greener policies, with protests in the Netherlands and Belgium. After previous protests in Berlin in December the government watered down plans to cut subsidies for diesel in farmyard vehicles, but lobby groups are calling for them to scrap them entirely Why Europe’s farmers are protesting – and the far right is taking note