Although agricultural policy was not part of the leaders’ agenda, some leaders have announced that they want the issue to be discussed as well.
At least a thousand tractors have arrived in Brussels since then different parts of Europe To try to block the city where the Heads of State and Government of the European Union will meet this Thursday informal summitwith the aim of demanding more support for rural areas and denouncing the high costs they say they will incur in achieving the 27’s new climate and sustainability goals.
Although the agricultural policy It was not part of the agenda of the leaders – who have met to try to convince Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to override his veto on a joint aid of 50,000 million euros over four years to Ukraine -, some leaders have announced that they also want this issue to be discussed.
At least according to the first count of the Brussels police thousand tractors They will gather early on Thursday in the streets surrounding the European Quarter, including the square leading to the main entrance to the European Parliament and the streets around the Council where heads of state arrive.
‘This is not the Europe we want’ or ‘We are tired of promises, we want action’are some of the slogans that can be read in different languages on the banners that farmers display on Luxembourg Square, in front of the European Parliament, where demonstrators burned several tires and the first arguments and damage.
Authorities have and have strengthened the already strict police force deployed when the city hosts European summits circulation cut off of the main access roads to the area. In addition, workers in the area have been asked to telework this Thursday to avoid travel and bus routes that usually cross the area have been rerouted or suspended.
Upon arrival at the leaders’ meeting, the Prime Minister of Belgium, the liberal Alexander de Croo, stated that he was considering this “partly legitimate” complaints from farmers because they have already made “a lot of efforts” to adapt to the ecological transition and it must be guaranteed that they “receive fair prices” for their products.
The farmers of Álava and Navarra take to the streets with their tractors
The farmers of Álava and Navarra will also join the protests that started in Iparralde, France and other European countries and will take to the streets with their tractors on February 6 to denounce that their situation is “unsustainable”.
The farmers in Iparralde continue to protest
For almost a week, they have blocked one of the bridges on the A-63, near the capital Labor, with their tractors and heavy vehicles, causing a major traffic jam on the main road connecting Iparralde and Hegoalde.
The organizing unions FDSEA (Departmental Federation of the Farmers’ Union) and JA (Young Farmers) have made it clear that they will not give up their actions until the French government has given a clear response to their demands. They demand higher salaries and warn about the possible effects of the measures being negotiated at European level. They fear, among other things, the possible side effects of the new obligations in the field of the ecological transition.
Source: EITB
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