The German government has labelled a protest action by angry farmers on the North Sea coast, during which Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck was prevented from leaving a ferry, as shameful. “With all due respect for a lively culture of protest, no one should be indifferent to such a brutalization of political mores,” wrote government spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit early on Friday morning on the platform X, formerly known as Twitter. The blockade of Habeck’s arrival at the Schüttsiel ferry harbour was “shameful and violates the rules of democratic coexistence,” said Hebestreit. Police reported more…