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Is an uprising by Europe’s farmers sowing the seeds for the far right?

Today in Focus

The Guardian

News, Daily News

4.65.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Furious farmers across Europe have blocked roads and railways as part of protests against new regulations and cheap imports. Jon Henley reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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limited. it. For many years now, Europe has had some of the boldest plans in the world for addressing global heating.

1:09.0

And EU leaders have said, even though making a transition of this size and speed is vital, it's

1:16.4

not going to be easy. People will have to make sacrifices. And now some of those people are pushing back.

1:25.0

The heart of Brussels turned into a battleground.

1:28.0

On one side, farmers and protesters here to demand change.

1:32.0

On the other other riot police the sky full of acrid smoke

1:36.8

Over the past few weeks tens of thousands of farmers have poured into European cities bringing some to a standstill.

1:45.0

They've blocked access roads onto highways, they've dumped manure and rubble, they've hurled eggs,

1:52.0

they've gone into supermarket and sort of trashed

1:55.0

foreign products in supermarkets. They've set fire their haybales and

1:59.3

wooden palettes. And generally yeah caused quite a bit of chaos.

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