‘Agri-bashers’ one of the targets as farmers strike back

Last week, more than 10,000 farmers with 5,000 tractors made their way from across Germany to Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate for a protest rally.

‘Agri-bashers’ one of the targets as farmers strike back

Last week, more than 10,000 farmers with 5,000 tractors made their way from across Germany to Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate for a protest rally.

Who would have thought that farmers, on which the EU spends almost €60bn per year in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), would take to the streets in such numbers?

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