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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