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Brussels, Oct 19 (EFE) .- (Camera: Leo Rodríguez) Organizations and activists of the European Union (EU) organized on Monday a silent protest in front of the European Parliament (EP) to express their disagreement with a reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), "at the expense of biodiversity", which will be debated and voted on this week in the European Parliament.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST.SOUNDBITES OF HANS VAN SCHARE, SPOKESPERSON OF THE CORPORATE EUROPE OBSERVATORY.
Brussels, Jun 25 (EFE) .- (Camera: Leo Rodríguez) Dozens of members of agricultural associations from all over Europe, gathered under the union of the two great European organizations Copa-Cogeca, gathered this Friday in Brussels, in front of the European Parliament, to ask for a lasting agreement for the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union (EU).FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST IN BRUSSELSSOUNDBITES FROM Gonzalo Corrales, director of the Brussels office of the Union of Small Farmers and Ranchers (UPA), and Pedro Gallardo, vice president of COPA and of the Agrarian Association of Young Farmers (Asaja).CORRALESthe partial agreement is "a relief", especially in the area of national strategic plans, the central point of the new reform. The eco-schemes are fine, as long as there is sufficient profitability that allows the farmer to continue doing his activity, which is none other than providing food, "he explained.GALLARDOWe need a time horizon of a few years to give us a certain security," claimed the vice president of COPA and the Agrarian Association of Young Farmers (Asaja), Pedro Gallardo, who asked that this horizon be at least ten years.And he assured that said agreement, in addition to being long-term, "cannot go against the interests of farmers", for which he assured that he prefers a "no agreement" to a "bad agreement", which does not give "certain guarantee to the farmers to be able to continue with their exploitations ".
French farmers are protesting outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg ahead of two votes on European agriculture, "so that Europe can find its agricultural compass". (COMPLETE VIDI34LA8JC_EN) IMAGES
French farmers bring tractor-trailer loaded with hay by the European Parliament in Strasbourg, to put pressure on European MPs ahead of two votes on European agriculture. IMAGES
Israeli security forces push back demonstrators blocking a Tel Aviv highway, stepping up resistance to the hard-right government's judicial overhaul package opponents say threatens democracy. IMAGES
Hundreds of Israelis wave national flags as they gather in Jerusalem in protest against judicial reform. Israel's parliament adopted in a first reading a controversial bill that would limit court powers, in a new offensive to push ahead with a judicial overhaul that has split the nation. IMAGES
Israelis block a highway on the outskirts of Jerusalem during an anti-judicial reform protest the morning after Israel's parliament adopted in a first reading a controversial bill that would limit court powers, in a new offensive to push ahead with a judicial overhaul that has split the nation. IMAGES
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