Germany’s coalition government has decided to gradually decrease fuel subsidies for farmers over the next couple of years, rather than cut them all at once, a government spokesman said on Thursday. Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck and Finance Minister Christian Lindner had also agreed to abandon a planned cancellation of the motor vehicle tax exemption for agriculture, the spokesperson added. The cuts were part of a package of measures intended to plug a multi-billion euro gap in the government budget following a landmark top court ruling at the end of last year that sent …