Hundreds of tractors roll into Prague as farmers protest against EU policy
Farmers across several European countries have taken to the streets in recent weeks as they protest again the EU’s Green Deal.
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00:00 Hundreds of tractors rolling into the center of Prague.
00:03 Farmers in the Czech Republic are protesting against European Union
00:07 agriculture policies and what they say are quote
00:10 "unfair practices".
00:14 They disrupted traffic outside the agricultural ministry.
00:18 This is a violation of the rights of the organizers,
00:21 many of whom are not supposed to have a common agricultural policy.
00:26 We need to see that behind this challenge are political ambitions of some circles.
00:32 I am sorry about this, because I would much rather have a dialogue
00:36 with the representatives of the farmers and always have a better dialogue
00:39 at the table than somewhere on the street or on the square.
00:42 But major agricultural organizations distanced themselves from the rally
00:46 after it turned out some organizers were behind recent pro-Russian demonstrations.
00:51 We are going to express our dissatisfaction with the European context of agriculture.
00:59 Our protests are the same as those of other European countries.
01:03 We do not like Green Deal, we do not like its imposition in the agricultural revolution,
01:08 which is extremely restricting and devastating for us.
01:12 Meanwhile, on Sunday, Polish farmers blocked access to the road at the border crossing
01:16 with Ukraine as part of ongoing protests by farmers across Europe
01:20 against the bloc's agriculture policy.
01:22 Kiev described the blockade as a "security threat" in a time of war.
01:27 Polish farmers are also angry about the duty-free influx of Ukrainian agricultural goods.
01:33 (whooshing)