Europewide Farmer Protests Escalate Over Cost Hikes and Environmental Rules 🚜

Farmer Protests Continue , Across Europe Amid , Rising Costs and Environmental Policies.<br />On February 9, farmers across Italy, Spain and <br />Poland took part in ongoing protests against <br />farming policies in the European Union.<br />Fox News reports that farmers in the EU are demanding <br />measures to combat increased production costs, <br />falling profits and competition from non-EU countries.<br />Fox News reports that farmers in the EU are demanding <br />measures to combat increased production costs, <br />falling profits and competition from non-EU countries.<br />Recent weeks have seen similar <br />protests take place across the bloc.<br />Farmers claim that EU policies have become <br />a financial burden that makes their products <br />more costly than non-EU imports.<br />In response to the protests, the European Commission <br />has offered concessions that include shelving plans <br />to drastically reduce the use of pesticides.<br />In response to the protests, the European Commission <br />has offered concessions that include shelving plans <br />to drastically reduce the use of pesticides.<br />In Poland, farmers blocked major roads <br />with tractors, displaying signs reading, <br />"EU Policy Is Ruining Polish Farmers.".<br />The protest is directed against <br />the policy of the European Union, <br />against the Green Deal and against <br />the policy that allows for an <br />uncontrolled inflow of farming <br />produce from Ukraine, Adrian Wawrzyniak, spokesman for the <br />Solidarity Union of Individual Farmers, <br />via The Associated Press.<br />Fox News reports that farmers are also protesting <br />the EU's Green Deal, which calls for reducing the <br />use of chemicals and greenhouse gas emissions.<br />The Green Deal will also require farmers <br />to dedicate 4% of their farmland to <br />biodiversity and landscape protection, <br />which could have a negative impact on output. .<br />The series of protests, which were also<br />staged in Italy and Spain, are expected <br />to continue throughout the coming weeks.