Farmers' protests reach Brussels as discontent with EU's green agenda grows

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Farmers held demonstrations outside the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday as protests against environmental legislation and other grievances spread across the continent.

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00:00 Farmers` protests that have spread across the continent have reached Brussels, although

00:04 with less force than in France or Germany. But the participation of several far-right

00:09 MEPs has raised concerns about the possible capitalization of the farmers` anger. Around

00:15 100 farmers from several EU countries gather in front of the European Parliament to protest

00:21 against the EU`s green policies and free trade agreements.

00:25 "We want to say that in France, as in other European countries, it is not people in white

00:32 collars who will decide, who have no notion of what is the hardness and the difficulty

00:38 of producing good products in France. And stop also, as we put it on our signs, stop

00:45 imports, with imports that have no standards."

00:50 Opposition to the Green Deal and the EU`s free trade agreements among farmers` organizations

00:55 has increased in recent months. They fear its impact on an already economically damaged

01:00 sector. Far-right parties present at the protests said they back the farmers.

01:05 "In our case, it is political conviction. We vote against the common agricultural policy

01:12 that produces a reduction of the quantities of the aid that our farmers deserve. I think

01:18 that the European People`s Party is doing it for party interest, because they see that

01:23 there is a social mobilization in big places in Europe and they are trying to react."

01:29 Copacorjeca, Europe`s leading farmers` organization, did not take part in the protests, claiming

01:35 that the organizers of the demonstrations do not belong to it.

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