Tractors choke Spanish city streets as farmers protest EU policy

Reuters - 08/02
Spanish farmers drove tractors through city streets disrupting traffic on Thursday as they stepped up their protest against soaring costs, bureaucracy and cheap competition from outside the European Union.
MADRID, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Spanish farmers drove tractors through city streets disrupting traffic on Thursday as they stepped up their protest against soaring costs, bureaucracy and cheap competition from outside the European Union.
The protests, which started spontaneously on Tuesday after spilling over from other EU countries, are backed by the country's three main farmers' associations.
Dozens of tractors surrounded the regional parliament in Barcelona after their drivers spent the night in the city centre.
Farmers disrupted traffic in smaller cities all over the country, including central Avila, Vitoria in the north and Antequera in the south.
Spanish farmers have joined their peers from Germany, France, Italy ...
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