Farmers took to the streets again in
several parts of Italy on Monday to protest against allegedly
detrimental European agricultural policies.
The protests come on the back of high-profile demonstrations in
other parts of Europe such as Germany, Belgium and France, where
farmers on tractors have been blocking roads and motorways and
causing widespread disruption in protest over low wages, price
pressures, green regulation and free-trade policies, among other
things.
In Italy, protests were reported near the A1 motorway exit at
Orte, north of Rome, where farmers on tractors and other
agricultural machinery gathered at a roundabout; and in Udine in
the northern region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, where around 70
farmers on tractors gathered for a spontaneous protest and then
moved off in procession.
Farmers in the island region of Sardinia have organised two
separate protests on Tuesday in Cagliari and on February 12 in
Cagliari, Nuoro, Iglesias, Oristano and Aassari.
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