EU farmers are protesting climate change regulations. Could Canadians join them? EU farmers are protesting climate change regulations. Could Canadians join them? EU farmers are protesting climate change regulations. Could Canadians join them? EU farmers are protesting climate change regulations. Could Canadians join them? EU farmers are protesting climate change regulations. Could Canadians join them? EU farmers are protesting climate change regulations. Could Canadians join them? EU farmers are protesting climate change regulations. Could Canadians join them? EU farmers are protesting climate change regulations. Could Canadians join them? EU farmers are protesting climate change regulations. Could Canadians join them? EU farmers are protesting climate change regulations. Could Canadians join them?
Global News
European farmers have protested higher costs, lower profits and climate change regulations for months. Could Canadian producers also blockade ports?
In Poland, farmers pelted the European Union building with eggs.
In Belgium, hundreds of tractors blockaded one of the continent’s busiest ports.
“I’m a small farmer, I’m 18 years old, and I don’t know how life will turn out for me later on,” said Mattia Buzzone, a Sicilian farmer, at a protest in Rome, Italy.
European farmers have marched and driven tractors through many capital cities in recent weeks.
There is no single cause for the protests. The EU is made up of 27 countries and each state, along with the overarching EU Parliament, can address its own challenges and impose its own solutions.
Broadly speaking though, European farmers are upset about how costs have risen while profits have fallen, two experts told Global News.
Partially to blame, experts also said, are policies designed to mitigate climate change (which drive up costs), as well as the belief decisionmakers aren’t listening to farmers.
So, could the protests spread to Canada?