Protests by farmers in Madrid and Brussels to pressure the European Union

according to the international group Tasnim news agency, simultaneously with European Union Agriculture Ministers meeting, farmers came to the streets and burned car tires in protest of cheap supermarket prices and free trade agreements in Brussels this Monday.

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For several weeks, farmers across Europe have been demanding action from policymakers to ease The rules are there to protect against cheap supermarket prices and cheap imports, which are mainly from Ukraine.

Another protest was held in Madrid, Spain. In which the farmers, by blowing the whistle and beating the drum, asked the European Union to make changes in the “usual agricultural policy”.

in Warsaw, Prague Also, there were similar protests in Bucharest, Riga and Bratislava, and farmers across Eastern Europe are blocking border crossings and highway entrances these days because farmers don’t agree with EU agricultural policy and the so-called Green Deal. Strongly rejected. In addition, Eastern European farmers are protesting the importation of cheap agricultural products from Ukraine. and pesticides and calls for more attention to ecosystems and diversity in agriculture. The goal is to make the Union climate neutral by 2050.

What is still lacking for climate activists in Europe, for farmers 27 The member state is considered an extreme decision. The EU is accused of too much bureaucracy, too much regulation, too much ideology and too little price stability.

Products are more expensive as a result of the green deal, according to farmers. be. In competition with products from outside the EU, this means a competitive disadvantage.

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