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On the Richter scale of political madness, it is hard to match the “degrowth” agenda of the EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy, imposed on Europe’s sacred farmers by means of regulatory coercion from Brussels.
Europe’s farmers are in revolt and their anger is growing: The fury has led to road blockages and tractor parades in the past few weeks, with farmers taking their protests to the streets of France, Germany, Lithuania, Poland and Romania - and the Netherlands before that. While farmers have protested over national issues, they are united by concerns at increasing challenges including extreme weather, bird flu and surging fuel costs. Another source of discontent is what farmers call excessive regu