Polish farmers are staging protests across nearly 200 locations, blocking motorways and junctions with tractors flying Polish flags, in response to the influx of cheap Ukrainian grain flooding the market and EU regulations regarding pesticide and fertilizer usage.
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00:14 It was a spontaneous protest. The men came out to the tracks and wanted to demonstrate
00:20 and emphasize the difficult situation in agriculture.
00:23 I have no power over them. I have no way of controlling it.
00:27 It is happening because farmers came from all over the country, from all over Poland.
00:31 I represent the region of Podkarpackie and I am responsible for them.
00:35 I am not responsible for the emotions of the farmers from all over the country.
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