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French farmers threaten to intensify protests over taxes, regulation (www.france24.com)
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France’s largest farm union is considering staging nationwide protests in the weeks to come amid anger over a government tax on tractor fuel, competition from cheap imports, and excessive restrictions and red tape.

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[-] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 9 months ago

Not really good. In Germany, farmers protest for upholding the status quo, that doesn't even benefit them. The status quo benefits industrialist, big supermarket chains like Rewe and Lidl, and big landowners.

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