Farmers Block Roads With Tractors in Protest of EU Regulations

Farmers gather with their tractors near the highway junction, in Orte, Italy, Feb. 3, 2024. Farmers have been protesting in several parts of Italy and Europe against EU agriculture policies. Protesting farmers with their tractors take part in a rally outside the annual Agrotica trade fair in the port city of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, Feb. 3, 2024. A Swiss farmer with a sweatshirt reading "today I only speak to my cows" attends a Geneva protest over pay, tax and regulations, Feb. 3, 2024, as farmers take part in demonstrations across Europe.

A convoy of tractors was poised Saturday to descend on Rome as farmers' protests caused disruptions across Europe, though they wound down in France following government concessions.