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Around 40 vehicles, mostly tractors, this morning travelled at a snail's pace along National Road 260 (EN260) in the municipality of Serpa in a farmers' protest against the EU-Mercosur agreement and the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Farmers hope to be able to pressurise MEPs.
CM's special correspondent to France, Diogo Carreira, is covering the demonstration, which also includes Portuguese farmers. They are protesting against reforms to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Hundreds of European Union farmers gathered near the European Parliament headquarters in Strasbourg, France, to pressure MEPs on the eve of a vote on a request to submit aspects of the EU–Mercosur agreement for review by the European Court of Justice. The issue could stall the ratification process of the treaty signed on Saturday between the European and South American blocs, which requires the European Parliament's approval to come into force.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has already voted, in what was the last time he exercised his right to vote while serving as President of the Republic. Also, Spanish and French farmers are protesting against Mercosur.
Thousands of farmers gathered today in Athlone, in central Ireland, and in Ourense, Spain, to protest the free trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, according to AFP and EFE. Placards reading 'No to Mercosur' and 'Support for Irish farming' were hung on some of the many tractors ...
French farmers are protesting against the European Union's intention to press ahead with the trade agreement with Mercosur.
The protests, which began in November, initially centred on rising production costs, exacerbated by a series of crises.
