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...Italian farmers marched to Rome on Monday evening in protest against imports of cheap food from outside the EU and called for tax breaks to be reinstated....
...“If I was a farmer, I would be demonstrating as well,” Rich said....
...This week the National Farmers’ Union called on the government to boost support for growers affected by heavy rain earlier this year, which has left swaths of agricultural land flooded....
...Worldwide protests As that episode illustrates, some European politicians rarely miss a chance to play the national protectionist card when agricultural unrest hits the headlines....
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...Talks between the National Farmers’ Union and British Sugar to set the price paid to sugar beet growers had reached a stalemate before descending into acrimony last week, when the processor went directly...
...Unions are now gearing up for further action in the coming days. Pierrick Horel, the leader of the Young Farmers union, said farmers were preparing a larger blockade of the capital....
...Arnaud Gaillot, head of the young farmers’ union, warned that the government would find it hard to resolve the crisis because there were so many issues driving farmers’ anger....
...For now, farmers are hoping forecast drier weather will materialise....
...The debate over its increase comes amid heated discussions over priorities for the EU’s joint budget, with governments reluctant to contribute more due to stretched national finances and a need to spend...
...The prime minister will use an unexpected appearance at the National Farmers’ Union annual conference to acknowledge the economic pressures the sector is facing and pledge to improve fairness in the supply...
...“We have been treated like people from an alien country,” said Manjeet Singh Ghumana, national president of the Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union, one of the farmers’ groups leading the protests....
...Farmers are certainly piling on the pressure. Thousands are expected to fill the streets of Brussels on Monday....
...for sacrificing farmers in favour of the EU’s green agenda....
...The large increase in imports has exacerbated farmers’ protests over soaring costs and regulation....
...“Eurosceptic voting can start in particular areas — and these areas are often rural areas — and then gain wider national attention and support,” says Jennifer McGuinn, director of Milieu Consulting and report...
...Context: After farmers’ protests involving muck-spreading and tractor traffic jams across Europe, the European Commission proposed in March to loosen rules that make EU subsidies for farmers conditional...
...In Britain, Rishi Sunak has become the first prime minister to address the National Farmers Union conference since Gordon Brown in 2008....
...More transport disruption looms later in the week when the GDL, the train drivers’ union, starts a national strike....
...On Monday farmers will hit the streets of Brussels again as agriculture ministers meet to debate further measures such as exempting farmers from certain EU environmental standards....
...This has prompted warnings about reduced competitiveness from industry groups, as well as outright protests — such this year’s demonstrations by farmers, which forced the European Commission to water down...
...“However, the countries around Poland and France continue to be driven by their domestic farmers.”...
...“This is about national security. This must not be delayed.”...
...Minette Batters, president of the National Farmers’ Union, told the Financial Times last year that offering farmers incentives to take land out of food production risked eroding Britain’s self-sufficiency...
...Spanish farmers staged demonstrations in several regions on Tuesday....
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