Overview
- Organizers expect about 325,000 visitors to the 90th Green Week, with roughly 1,600 exhibitors from around 50 countries and the animal hall restored to live displays after last year’s foot‑and‑mouth restrictions.
- Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier joined the opening, while Agriculture Minister Alois Rainer led the inaugural tour as leaders spotlighted food prices and supply security.
- The Bundestag has pushed the start of a mandatory animal-welfare label to January 1, 2027, drawing criticism from Bavaria’s agriculture minister and from environmental groups over broader regulatory easing.
- A ‘Wir haben es satt’ march is scheduled for Saturday from the Brandenburg Gate, with police noting 9,000 registered participants from about 60 groups and some farmers arriving with tractors.
- An international agriculture ministers’ meeting hosted by Germany on Saturday will gather representatives from roughly 60 countries to focus on global access to clean water.