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Farming Today: 03/02/2024 Farming Today This Week : Farmers' Protests in Europe and campaign groups in the UK.

03/02/2024 Farming Today This Week : Farmers' Protests in Europe and campaign groups in the UK.

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As farmers blockade cities around Europe, what next for them - and their UK counterparts?

European farmers have protested about environmental rules, cheap imports and taxes on agricultural fuel this week. What do UK farmers make of the direct action on the continent?

All week across Europe farmers have been protesting. In France convoys of tractors blocked roads into Paris, in Brussels campaigners blockaded the streets, threw eggs and started fires. The European Commission and national governments have made some concessions to try and address the farmers' concerns over environmental rules, competition from cheaper imports and taxes on agricultural fuel..
We speak to the President of Copa, one half of Copa Cogeca, which represents millions of farmers and farming coops across the EU and find out from the BBC's Paris correspondent, what's happening there. Also we look at what UK farmers make of the protests and whether they are planning their own direct action. 

Presenter = Caz Graham
Producer = Rebecca Rooney

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