Farmers select wrong target when they take aim at ‘Brussels bureaucrats’

IRISH farmers in recent years have turned their ire against the EU.

Wed, 26 Nov, 2008 - 00:00
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The most frequent scapegoat for their continuing woes has been so-called “faceless Brussels bureaucrats”.

There is widespread frustration with the amount of red tape “handed down from Brussels”.

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