Farmers are demanding changes in European Union farming policies and measures to combat production cost hikes
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00:00 Mirroring protests across Europe, farmers in Italy drove their tractors to the town
00:05 of Flores in Liguria to protest at the Sanremo Song Festival. Setting off from Lombardy on
00:11 Wednesday night, they travelled about 240 kilometres to represent Italian farmers in
00:16 their protest at the televised festival.
00:20 In Bulgaria, protests and road blockages continued for a third consecutive day across the country.
00:25 Negotiations between the farmers, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Agriculture on
00:30 Wednesday lasted nearly four hours, but the memorandum proposed by the authorities was
00:35 not signed. The parties plan on returning to the negotiating table on Friday.
00:42 And in Spain, farmers in Barcelona continued their protests into the night, and dozens
00:47 of roads remained closed in various Spanish regions on Thursday. It's the third day of
00:52 Spanish farmers' protests against European policies for the sector.
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