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Frustrated farmers protest in Brussels over falling milk and meat prices

2015-09-07 4 Dailymotion

Angry farmers are taking to the streets of Brussels to protest over falling milk and meat prices.<br /><br /> Arriving on tractors, they have brought the city centre to a standstill.<br /><br /> The action comes as agriculture ministers prepare to attend an emergency meeting, where they will try to thrash out a solution to the price problems. <br /><br /> “We’re here because of the low milk prices. They’re falling even further. It can’t go on like this, farmers can’t take any more,” said one demonstrating German farmer.<br /><br /> Some farmers have been upping the pressure on governments to provide more direct help. <br /><br /> There are also calls for quotas to be brought back to help ease the pain. But in a recent interview with euronews, the EU’s agriculture commissioner Phil Hogan ruled out such a move. <br /><br /> Speaking from the protest in Brussels, euronews reporter Sandor Zsiros said: “The European Commission has said that it won’t negotiate over a repeat implementation of the quota system, but that there might be other solutions.

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