Hundreds of farmers demonstrate in Brussels over the situation of the sector

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Published Mar 28, 2024

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On March 26, in Brussels, hundreds of farmers protested against the European Union's agricultural policies, coinciding with a meeting of European Agriculture Ministers. The farmers, who brought around 250 tractors, expressed their dissatisfaction by placing manure and hay on the ground, and throwing eggs and firecrackers, leading to police intervention with tear gas. Their demands include prohibiting the sale of products below production cost, ending free trade agreements like Mercosur due to unfair competition, and demanding reforms in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to better regulate prices and support farmers.

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Hundreds of farmers demonstrated this Tuesday, March 26, in Brussels to protest the situation in the sector and denounce that the measures adopted to date by the European Union are not enough and that some do not even respond to their requests. Coinciding with a meeting of European Agriculture Ministers, the protesters and the hundreds of tractors that arrived in Brussels, around 250 according to police sources, gathered in the streets adjacent to the community institutions, given the impossibility of entering the European neighborhood due to the police perimeter erected. Around 11 a.m., some tractors approached the line where the police were stationed, placed manure and hay on the ground, and threw eggs and firecrackers. The police ended up using tear gas to keep the farmers under control. "We have come again, for the third time, with the same message from the beginning," explained Hugues Falys, from the United Federation of Breeders and Farmers' Groups (FUGEA). He said that ...

Source: Agropopular