Wednesday's demonstration is the biggest to take place in the Spanish capital after more than two weeks of action.
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00:00 Tractors take over the center of Madrid.
00:08 Spanish farmers have been protesting for more than two weeks against the EU policies and
00:13 to demand measures to alleviate production cost hikes.
00:20 Five hundred tractors set off from five towns near the capital, affecting traffic in various
00:25 parts of the community of Madrid.
00:29 The only incident has been on the A42 motorway between Toledo and Madrid, when a group of
00:34 farmers blocked the motorway, after the Guardia Civil refused to allow the tractors gathered
00:40 there to leave.
00:45 A hundred and twenty were authorized to go to Madrid, leaving another two hundred tractors
00:50 blocked.
00:54 Spanish farmers denounce the rising production costs, increased environmental requirements
00:58 from the EU, increased bureaucracy and the arrival of agricultural imports from third
01:04 countries.
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