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2024-02-04 Europe

Now tractor convoy threatens to lay siege to Rome: Militant farmers are poised to descend on Italian capital after German workers blocked Frankfurt airport as anti-Brussels protests sweep across the EU

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Militant farmers are poised to descend on Rome with their tractors today after German workers blocked Frankfurt airport as part of the anti-Brussels protests sweeping across the EU.

Farmers have expressed anger at what they say are excessively restrictive regulations on agriculture and unfair competition, among other grievances.

The movement erupted in France last month and there have also been protests in Germany, Belgium, Poland, Romania, Greece and the Netherlands. Farmers have blocked motorways and disrupted traffic in key cities with convoys of tractors.

In Italy around 150 tractors massed in Orte, about an hour north of Rome, on Saturday. Protesters there called for better pay and conditions and announced their imminent arrival in the Italian capital, a reporter nearby saw.

'Italian agriculture has woken up,' said protester Felice Antonio Monfeli. 'It's historic and the people here are proving it. For the first time in their history, farmers are united under the same flag, that of Italy.'

Posted by Skidmark 2024-02-04 07:27|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 Farmers see a problem and fix it themselves. This won’t go away.

Posted by Ululating Platypus 2024-02-04 15:55|| 2024-02-04 15:55|| Front Page Top

#2 Not. A. Word. on BBC World News website. No reportage about any of this.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2024-02-04 16:30|| 2024-02-04 16:30|| Front Page Top

#3 Are they Vandals or Visigoths?

Posted by Super Hose 2024-02-04 16:42|| 2024-02-04 16:42|| Front Page Top

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