Protesting Polish farmers challenge EU policies
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Polish farmers are blocking roads and border crossings in protest against the EU agreement to extend duty free imports of Ukrainian produce. Also: The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, is back in the Middle East for the sixth time since the war in Gaza began, and we find out how China is dealing with its ageing population.
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| 0:25.9 | GMT on Wednesday the 20th of March these are our main stories. The US Secretary |
| 0:31.0 | of State heads to the Middle East for yet another round of Gaza ceasefire talks. |
| 0:35.7 | We get the latest. |
| 0:36.9 | We'll also head to Poland for the latest round of European farmers protests. |
| 0:40.9 | The changes to the Green Deal the European Commission is proposing are |
| 0:44.2 | purely cosmetic and will leave everybody dissatisfied. We want more specific |
| 0:48.3 | changes. |
| 0:50.3 | Also in this podcast Ireland's Prime Minister has announced his resignation. |
| 0:55.0 | When I came party leader, I knew that one part of leadership is knowing when the time has come to pass on the bat on to somebody else. |
| 1:02.0 | That time is now. |
| 1:04.0 | Meanwhile in China. |
| 1:06.0 | It's really tough without a pension in rural areas. |
| 1:10.0 | Now I have to pay my pension every month, even if I don't eat or drink. |
| 1:15.0 | We find out how the country is dealing with an aging population. |
| 1:20.0 | We begin in Poland where thousands of farmers are holding a nationwide protest |
| 1:28.1 | against rising costs and competition from cheap agricultural produce |
| 1:32.3 | from Ukraine. Poland is just one European... petition from |
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