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Europe’s farming sector is facing a big crisis and must “profoundly” change its rules, Emmanuel Macron has said after a European Union leaders’ summit in Brussels was overshadowed by protesting farmers hurling eggs, dumping manure and lighting fires.

Speaking as hundreds of farmers from Belgium, the Netherlands and elsewhere blocked streets around the European parliament with tractors, the French president said there should be a joint EU mechanism to guarantee fair prices paid to farmers by food giants and supermarkets. He said regulations should be simplified, after weeks of farmer protests across Europe have blockaded motorways.

Although agriculture had not been on the agenda of the leaders’ summit, the proximity and intensity of the spreading farmers’ protests made it impossible for politicians in Brussels to ignore.

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[–] PugJesus@kbin.social -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Name another voting bloc with fewer principles and more outsized influence.

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)
[–] Syntha@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Who do you think gets vast majority of agricultural subsidies?

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Who else but farmers would need them?

[–] Syntha@sh.itjust.works 0 points 7 months ago

The big companies that own most of the land

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't know if I would call them a voting bloc per se, but otherwise, yeah, that would count.

[–] Xin_shill@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

Why vote when yo can just buy politicians directly