the informed from Europe of January 21

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Farmers' demonstration in Limoges (Haute-Vienne) on January 19, 2024 (CÉDRIC HERMEL / FRANCE BLEU LIMOUSIN)

Benjamin Fontaine and François Beaudonnet receive Théo Bourgery-Gonsejournalist at Euractiv, a site specializing in Europe, and José Manuel Lamarquesenior reporter at Radio France, specialist in Europe.

Hundreds of tractors blocking roads, highways and even towns: it’s a scene that we have seen everywhere in Europe for several weeks. Everywhere, the agricultural world is angry. It is in Germany that the movement is strongest in Europe. The demonstrations do not weaken, for the third consecutive week.

Last year in the Netherlands, farmers demonstrated, and they even created a citizen movement that won regional elections. In eastern Europe, in Romania, in Poland, farmers are also demonstrating but the reasons are different: this discontent is linked to the proximity of Ukraine.

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