The Commission president “will go down in history as the gravedigger of the Common Agricultural Policy—practically the only thing still common in Europe,” Spanish farm union president Pedro Barato said.
Over 200 vehicles have blocked the main roads into Paris to fight back against green policies threatening the farmers’ way of life and French agriculture.
Indigenous lands would be rolled over to increase agriculture exports to the EU, while European farmers would be crushed by the lesser-regulated competition.
Saddled with strict regulations and fearing the looming EU free trade agreement with South America, farmers still have many questions for the political class.
