with their tractors this week, on motorways outside rome and turin. and in cyprus, farmers blocked the entrance to the european union s offices in nicosia on thursday. there were also demonstrations in bulgaria. and more tractor protests across spain, for the third day in a row with farmers disrupting traffic in barcelona and in smaller cities all over the country. and renewed eu talks on a south america trade deal have raised anxieties further. translation: we are tired of working and getting underpaid. we are fed up that they won t let us do what we want to do in the fields. they force us to plant what they want us to plant. they force us to use the herbicide that they want. and apart from that, we are being underpaid. translation: we want to be left in peace to plant crops in the fields when it s their time, and not when they tell us, and to stop the price rises. translation: the agriculture business is going badly, - and we all need to demonstrate farmers, truckers,
across the region. they re venting their anger over soaring fuel and fertilizer costs, low prices for their produce, and increasingly restrictive eu regulations. demonstrations by farmers are planned in poland, hungary and italy today. italy s government has promised tax breaks to ease hardship for farmers after hundreds began gathering with their tractors this week, on motorways outside rome and turin. this was the scene on thursday. and in cyprus, farmers blocked the entrance to the european union s offices in nicosia, on thursday. there were also demonstrations in bulgaria. and more tractor protests across spain for the third day in a row, with farmers disrupting traffic in barcelona, and in smaller cities all over the country. they say eu rules to protect the environment make them less competitive. they have also had to compete with imports from ukraine after brussels waived duties and quotas after the russian invasion. this and renewed eu talks on a south america trade d
French President Emmanuel Macron blasted the long-stalled free trade agreement between the European Union and South America's Mercosur bloc Wednesday during a visit to Brazil.
MONTEVIDEO (Uruguay), Jan 26 Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva yesterday called for South American trade bloc Mercosur to urgently seal a free trade agreement with the.