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00:00Polish farmers chanting green terror Ursula von der Leyen.
00:04Thousands are rallying against EU environmental regulations
00:08they say are hurting the Polish economy.
00:10Now they're calling for a referendum.
00:13That's why we're here, because what Brussels is offering us.
00:16The Green Deal is not a Green Deal, it's a Red Deal.
00:19The only thing it's good for is throwing in the bin.
00:21The European Union's Green Deal is an ambitious commitment
00:24to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050
00:27making the bloc the first climate neutral continent.
00:30But Poland's trade unions say it's unfair for workers
00:33and will raise the cost of...
00:36Each government is signing the climate agreement first.
00:39Now the implementation of the Green Deal
00:41and no matter the political outcome
00:43after the EU Parliament elections
00:45Poles will see significant raises in the energy and food costs.
00:50It will affect the lives of the Poles.
00:52Some protesters also condemned Ukrainian farm imports
00:55that they say are undermining their revenues.