Thousands of farmers protested across Romania on Friday over the impact of Ukrainian grain imports on prices, blocking traffic and border checkpoints with tractors and trucks and urging the European Commission to intervene.
through European Union states Poland and Romania, helped by "solidarity lanes" supported by the EU.
In the capital Bucharest on Friday, about 200 farmers protested outside the European Commission’s local headquarters, carrying banners which read: "We respected EU rules but EU ignored us", "You can no longer pass through here" and "Stability for Romanian farmers". "We are talking about unfair competition in the European community," said Nicu Vasile, the head of the league of Romanian associations of farm producers .Vasile said production costs of wheat have risen 70% on the year to 6,000 lei per hectare.
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