One of the reasons for farmers’ strikes in Europe is the increase in fuel prices for the EU agricultural sector due to the rejection of Russia’s energy resources. This was stated by Kirill Logvinov, Acting permanent representative of Russia to the European Union. RIA News.
“There has been serious damage to the European agricultural sector: rising fuel and lubricant prices remain one of the reasons for farmers’ protests. Logvinov said that everything the EU does to its own detriment, seeking to “punish” the Russian Federation, cannot be explained logically.
6 February reportedProtesting Spanish farmers on tractors block roads across the country.
Before that German farmers blocked Entrances and a car park at the NDR broadcasting company in Hanover to protest the removal of subsidies. More than 30 tractors and two dozen vehicles took part in the protests, according to Bild.
Moreover reportedIt was stated that farmers in Greece blocked the roads in Thessaloniki as a protest and demanded cheaper fuel and compensation from the authorities for the olive trees lost due to bad weather conditions.
Previously farmers in Germany blocked Follow with a compost pile.