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Why are farmers protesting in France and across Europe?
Workers across the continent are frustrated by cheap imports, the EU’s green laws and higher taxes
Standing behind tractors blocking the A10 motorway outside Paris this week, Victor Rabier listed some of the grievances driving protests by farmers throughout Europe.
Foremost among them were the inspectors from the French Biodiversity Agency who arrive, armed with pistols, on his farm to check that he is following rules which he views as absurd.
“I can’t even prune my trees when I want,” he said. “Not even if they are hanging over a path and hitting the tractor when I drive along it. We just don’t feel that we can run our own farms anymore.”
Rabier, 33, grows wheat, potatoes and onions on a farm purchased by his father 40 years ago in the Essonne département south of Paris. He was speaking as long-standing
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2024-02-02 13:32:17Z
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