Czech farmers scattered manure on Prague streets during new protests
On March 7th, Czech farmers scattered manure in front of government offices and blocked the streets of Prague with tractors, demanding more support, less bureaucracy, and an end to cheap food imports to the European Union, Reuters reports
Czech farmers have been holding their third protest since mid-February. Farmers entered Prague on March 7th, in the morning, lining up hundreds of tractors along the river road leading to government offices and interfering with traffic, including public transport.
Police said farmers were dumping manure, resulting in the arrest of one person.
Agriculture Minister Marek Výborný reiterated that the government would not give in to pressure, “I'm ready to go and have an honest conversation with the farmers. I expect an honest approach from the protest organisers, who promised not to block traffic in Prague. I do not consider manure dumped on tram tracks to be such an approach.”
Farmers across the EU took to the streets this year, demanding the removal of restrictions imposed on them by the Green Deal plan to combat climate change and the restoration of customs duties on agricultural products from Ukraine.
