In Europe, the upheaval in the agricultural sector continues, Polish farmers are planning a march towards the capital while in France farmers have blocked access to the Château de Chambord.
Farmers’ protests continue in several European countries. Polish farmers are once again blocking roads leading to border crossings with Ukraine and warning they will continue until their demands are met.
They oppose the Green Deal proposed by the EU and the duty-free import of agricultural products from Ukraine. They announce a big march towards the Polish capital Warsaw, for February 20.
In southern Europe, Spanish farmers denounce the crisis facing the countryside and want tougher conditions for importing food from third countries. Spanish farmers are demanding an ambitious shock from the government to fight unfair competition but also the drought, which is decimating the country’s farms.
In France, while the farmers’ mobilizations had ended following government announcements. dissatisfied and not seeing concrete measures arrived, some farmers blocked access to the famous Château de Chambord, located in the Loire Valley. A few days before the farmer’s fair in Paris, French farmers want to maintain pressure on the government.