Farmer protests spread across Europe: Farmers in Spain, Moldova, and Poland are not giving up

In Spain, the protests launched by farmers against the rules that came into effect under the EU's sustainable development goals have entered their seventh day. Farmers continue to block roads with their tractors. Farmers are demanding government support to cope with rising production costs and the ongoing drought. 

In Spain, farmers are struggling to cope with three years of declining rainfall and temperatures that are above seasonal norms. As conditions fail to improve, farmers' costs continue to rise. On the other hand, new rules implemented under the EU's sustainable development goals are further increasing farmers' production costs. Faced with rising costs and falling productivity, farmers are demanding that the state support them. 

As a result of global warming, it is predicted that the Mediterranean region will become even hotter. Agricultural activities in Mediterranean countries are increasingly under threat due to the climate crisis. 

FARMERS IN MOLDOVA CLOSED BORDERS

Moldovan farmers also began protesting this week. Farmers, who blocked the Leușeni-Albita customs gate on the Romanian border with tractors, protested against insufficient state subsidies.

The association organizing the protest, called Asociația Forța Fermierilor, stated that the crisis in the country is of an unprecedented scale and warned the government that thousands of farmers could lose their fields if measures are not taken. 

In Moldova, farmers held protests with similar demands last year, but the government rejected all of their demands. 

FARMERS IN POLAND CANNOT COMPETE WITH UKRAINIAN GRAIN

In Poland, farmers have launched protests against agricultural import policies. Claiming that grain imported from Ukraine creates 'unfair competition,' farmers are demanding that quotas be placed on imports. Polish farmers argue that the amount of Ukrainian grain imported into the EU region is 'too much' and that this is disrupting domestic market balances. 

Farmers carried out a protest on the Ukrainian border where they dumped Ukrainian grain onto the roads. 

So far, neither national governments nor EU boards have taken any concrete steps to resolve the agricultural crisis occurring across the EU.

News Source: 12punto