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Farmers in Brussels throw beets, spray manure at police and set hay alight to protest EU policies

The farmers protested what they see as excessive red tape and unfair trading practices as well as increased environmental measures and cheap...

Raf Casert

From Greece to Ireland, from the Baltics to Spain, tens of thousands of farmers and their supporters joined protests across Europe in recent weeks.

Putin's war in Ukraine is still biting, as farmers say high energy and fertilizer costs make a decent living harder than ever.

The EU is now seen as the enemy for many, aloof in an ivory tower imposing bureaucratic rules on small-time farmers.