German budget consensus under fire over EVs, agricultural diesel

FILE PHOTO: A parking sign for electric vehicles is pictured, where U.S. electric vehicle pioneer Tesla announced to build its first European factory and design center near Berlin, in Gruenheide, Germany, November 13, 2019. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's government faced calls on Sunday to help farmers and car buyers by revisiting cuts forced upon it by a court ruling which blew a 60 billion euro ($65 billion) hole in its budget.

A coalition move to end subsidies for agricultural diesel drew criticism from Green lawmaker and agriculture minister Cem Ozdemir and from legislators belonging to Finance Minister Christian Lindner's business-friendly Liberals.