The fire of anger of the farmers all over Europe flared up again
| Farmers in various European countries, including Italy, Spain, Latvia and the Netherlands, once again came to the streets with their tractors and blocked many roads and highways in protest against the policies of their governments and the European Union. |
Farmers across Europe are demanding “fair prices”. After Germany and France, farmers have now come to the streets in Spain, Italy and the Netherlands.
In this way, farmers’ protests continued throughout Europe at the beginning of this week. Dutch police and several media outlets reported that late Monday evening, demonstrators blocked highways and lit fires in the country.
Thousands of farmers also took to the streets in Italy and Latvia against EU agricultural policy. .
The police of the Dutch province of Gelderland announced on Monday night through the X text message service: the fire has been lit, the fireworks have started and agricultural vehicles are traveling on the highway.
The protests in the Netherlands are the latest in a wave of demonstrations across Europe, where farmers are demanding lower fuel taxes, better payment for their crops and EU environmental standards.
Dutch farmers with their tractors blocked two highways The country was blocked on Tuesday. According to the police, they also started fires and played fireworks.
Police announced on Portal X (formerly Twitter) that the farmers started fires with straw and sticks. Farmers dumped manure and garbage on the streets and in front of municipal buildings. According to police reports, the A7 highway in the north of Amsterdam near Purmerend after farmers set fire to a large amount of hay and car tires. Blocked.
Dutch farmers generally protest environmental regulations and European agricultural policy. Dutch farmers have repeatedly demonstrated against environmental regulations since 2019. The peak of the protests so far has been 2022.
Thousands of demonstrators in Latvia also demanded a ban on Russian grain imports to the European Union. Yuris Lazdin, one of the organizers of the protests, told AFP at a rally in Jalgava: “The European Union allows Russian grain to enter our common market and be transported through European ports and terminals.
Farmers also demand bureaucracy. Lower and reduced VAT on local fruits and berries during campaigns in a total of 16 cities.
Meanwhile, Italian farmers demanded a meeting with a government minister. The agricultural modernization movement told AFP that about 50 tractors left Tuscany on Monday for the Italian capital Rome, where 1,500 to 2,000 tractors are expected to gather on Friday.
Italian farmers protest Rome was besieged by bureaucracy and cheap imports from countries outside the European Union. They arrived on the outskirts of this metropolis with hundreds of tractors on Monday evening. They want to gather in this city next Friday with a protest march. Around 2,000 tractors are expected for the big Rome demonstration.
Farmers from agricultural regions such as Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna marched towards the capital with Italian flags and handwritten slogans such as “No farmers, no food”.
Italian farmers share many of the complaints of their counterparts elsewhere in Europe. They complain about competition from cheaper imports from outside the EU, that fuel costs are rising, and that EU measures to protect the environment and fight climate change are having a negative impact on their business.
Italian farmers are also pushing to restore an income tax exemption introduced in 2017 that the government scrapped in the 2024 budget law. Farmer protests in Italy are led by a number of groups and are not organized by Italy’s main agricultural association, Coldiretti, which has close ties to the government. In Milan on Monday afternoon, a small group of farmers brought a cow to a demonstration in front of the headquarters of the Lombardy regional government.
In response to the protests, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni emphasized that Italy is more than some of its neighbors. The European Union has done to support its farmers. He said: Of course, there is always room for improvement and I am always open to the demands of the workers who are important to us.
To calm the anger of the farmers, Maloney also said that his government will subsidize the fuel for the farmers. has maintained and increased the funds allocated to agriculture in the economic recovery plan from 5 to 8 billion euros. He emphasized: “Agriculture is one of the most important economic sectors in Italy, which we pay all our attention to.” Farmers in Spain also came to the streets today (Tuesday) and created obstacles. they did As RTVE TV station and other media reported, farmers occupied and blocked highways, country roads and access to ports, wholesale markets and industrial areas across the country on Tuesday with hundreds of tractors.
This demonstration has been held since early morning in many parts of the country including Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Malaga and Zaragoza. In some cases, there was traffic that continued for kilometers. Farmers and ranchers of this country, among other things, demanded fair prices for their products, maintenance of tax reduction for agricultural diesel, stricter control for imports from non-EU countries and reducing bureaucracy.
Spain is considered the fruit and vegetable garden of Europe. Participants in Tuesday’s march carried placards with slogans such as “Our end will bring you hunger.” In Valladolid, approximately 200 kilometers northwest of Madrid, the arrest of a demonstrator who allegedly assaulted a police officer was reported. Elsewhere, the protests have been peaceful for now. Spain, Asaja, COAG and UPA called for these first nationwide protests. In the past few days, the first small gatherings have been held in some areas. According to the organizers, these protests will continue at least until the end of February. French Minister with the Chancellor of Germany in Berlin Europe / Arrest of more than 70 protesting farmers in France
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