Angry french farmers greet President Emmanuel Macron at Paris agriculture fair

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Farmers across the EU argue the bloc's environmental regulations, including initiatives like the Green Deal, hamper their operations and render their products less competitive against non-EU products.

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00:00 Angry French farmers stormed the agricultural fair in Paris on Saturday, demanding increased

00:07 government support. French President Emmanuel Macron held talks with protesting farmers

00:12 who had arrived in the capital with their tractors the day before, as he visited the

00:17 International Agricultural Fair on its opening day.

00:20 In Spain, farmers' protests grew in scale and number. On Friday, several cities such

00:26 as Lyon, Tyrol and Pamplona saw hundreds of farmers who demand fairer prices and a more

00:32 farmer-friendly Green Deal.

00:34 Farmers across the country have been protesting for two weeks now. On Monday, several unions

00:39 planned to stage a huge action in Madrid. In Moldova, farmers on Friday temporarily

00:45 blocked a major border crossing with Romania, which was demanding compensations and subsidies

00:50 from the government and to refer their loans.

00:54 Major protesters voluntarily left the crossing.

00:57 [Whoosh]

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