EU Fishermen Join Farmers in Fighting Brussels Regulations
Fishing group leader says “unbalanced and unworkable European policies” are strangling the industry.
Fishing group leader says “unbalanced and unworkable European policies” are strangling the industry.
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Whether the measures requested by the agriculture ministers will be implemented—or make a difference to farmers—remains to be seen.
The EU has made agriculture an industry like any other, a transformation almost in opposition to nature.
Fishermen also joined the protests, which took place at the same time as demonstrations in Brussels.
Farmers are surrounding EU institutions with strategic blockades, in their latest initiative to defend rural life against the Green Deal.
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