How the EU farmers movement plans to gain traction ahead of elections

euronews (in English)

The group aims to prioritise products produced in Europe and end green policies as well as mport trade agreements such as grain from Ukraine, and dealings with Mercosur.

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00:00 We are taking the street.

00:02 Dozens of people have gathered here in Valencia,

00:06 called by the platform 6F, an independent movement

00:09 that emerged from the heat of the agrarian protests

00:12 that were held in Europe at the beginning of this year.

00:15 They do it together with 10 other organizations

00:18 from 10 different European countries

00:20 that have gathered here to draw a joint strategy

00:23 for the European elections

00:26 and for the organization of a demonstration

00:28 on the 4th of June, just a few days before the elections,

00:31 in Brussels, which they hope will be multitudinous,

00:34 with messages like the prioritization of products

00:38 produced in Europe against those of abroad,

00:42 the end of green policies and the 2030 Agenda,

00:45 and the end of trade agreements,

00:48 such as the importation of grain from Ukraine

00:51 or the future of Mercosur.

00:53 These are ideas that resonate with the messages

00:56 of the extreme right-wing that hopes to make

00:59 one of its main electoral assets

01:02 for the next European elections

01:05 from the agrarian protests.

01:07 In Spain, VOX hopes to channel part of this discontent,

01:10 although it is not yet very clear

01:13 who will be able to get the vote of the field in Spain.

01:18 In Valencia, Jaime Verazquez, Euronews.

01:21 [WHOOSH]

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