Around 10,000 farmers protest in Brussels against cuts and lack of trade reciprocity.

Around 10,000 farmers from the 27 EU member states, according to data from COPA-Cogeca, will gather this Thursday in Brussels for a peaceful march, sending a clear and unified message to the EU institutions: the three challenges facing agriculture are common across the continent, and it is time to act. For the first time, farmers from all corners of the European Union came together, demonstrating extraordinary coordination and unity. In the largest agricultural protest that Brussels has witnessed in thirty years, European farmers spoke with one voice, demonstrating that the challenges they face, from fertilizer prices to unfair taxes or the lack of simplification, know no national borders. The heads of the professional agricultural organizations Asaja, COAG, and UPA explained during the massive demonstration that the sector's protests are mainly due to the cuts in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) proposed for the period 2028-2034 and the trade agreements with third countries ...