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2024-02-09 16:27:01 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: E848DB71A10D211C7BC9CC031153C01CD56F146C772D005AAC3C220FBCA8ECBC
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The only climate challenge referenced impacting farmers is extreme weather that has increased costs. Protest is about inflation, loss of tax exemptions, impact of the war in Ukraine (limiting supply), not holding the same standards to international imports, and more. https://www.foxnews.com/world/farmers-block-spanish-highways-protest-european-union-bureaucracy https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/tractors-choke-spanish-city-streets-farmers-protest-eu-policy-2024-02-08/ https://apnews.com/article/european-farmers-protests-tractors-spain-09608b2c60a4ee638e6243c5dbb8b174 https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/03/europe/europe-farmers-protests-explainer-intl/index.html
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