Farmers across the EU argue the bloc's environmental regulations, including initiatives like the Green Deal, hamper their operations and render their products less competitive against non-EU products.
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00:00 Angry French farmers stormed the agricultural fair in Paris on Saturday, demanding increased
00:07 government support. French President Emmanuel Macron held talks with protesting farmers
00:12 who had arrived in the capital with their tractors the day before, as he visited the
00:17 International Agricultural Fair on its opening day.
00:20 In Spain, farmers' protests grew in scale and number. On Friday, several cities such
00:26 as Lyon, Tyrol and Pamplona saw hundreds of farmers who demand fairer prices and a more
00:32 farmer-friendly Green Deal.
00:34 Farmers across the country have been protesting for two weeks now. On Monday, several unions
00:39 planned to stage a huge action in Madrid. In Moldova, farmers on Friday temporarily
00:45 blocked a major border crossing with Romania, which was demanding compensations and subsidies
00:50 from the government and to refer their loans.
00:54 Major protesters voluntarily left the crossing.
00:57 [Whoosh]