Frustrated farmers are rebelling against EU rules. The far right is stoking the flames
- Europe is implementing more regulations on farmers, like Ubels, in response to climate change, causing frustration and time-consuming bureaucracy.
- Mainstream political parties ignored farmers' concerns for years, leading to the rise of the radical right to address their grievances.
- Protesting farmers from Belgium resorted to violent actions in Brussels, including setting fire to a subway station entrance and attacking police with eggs and liquid manure.
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Hard right makes hay with European farmers' anger ahead of June elections
ANDEREN, Netherlands (AP) -- Inside the barn on the flat fields of the northern Netherlands, Jos Ubels cradles a newborn Blonde d'Aquitaine calf, the latest addition to his herd of over 300 dairy cattle.

Frustrated farmers are rebelling against EU rules. The far right is stoking the flames
Europe’s farmers are angry, and staging their biggest protests in half a century. Far right groups are egging them on, and hoping to ride their anger to new success in
Hard right makes hay with European farmers' anger ahead of June elections - The Morning Sun
Europe’s farmers are angry, and staging their biggest protests in half a century. Far right groups are egging them on, and hoping to ride their anger to new success in European Parliament elections …
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