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Hundreds of tractors roll into Madrid as farmers protest CAP cuts and EU-Mercosur accord
Thousands of farmers and ranchers, alongside hundreds of tractors, rallied in central Madrid on Wednesday to protest expected cuts in the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and to denounce the European Union’s trade agreement with Mercosur, according to organisers and...
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