Farmers: "Keep Your Bureaucratic Crap!"

EU farmers and the Austrian right are protesting against Brussels' Eurocratic madness.

Gazdatüntetés Brüsszelben 2024.01.31-én (Fotó: Manninger Miksa) Fotó: Manninger Miksa

With an average gross income of 31 407 euros a year, many farmers find it difficult to make ends meet, FPO says. The Green Deal calculates with an average farm income of 45,757 euros, but that has to be divided between employees – which means an average of 2-3 people per farm – and reduced with the deducted social security contributions.

What remains is too little to live on, but too much to die on. So the federal government should not be surprised if the tractors in Austria soon start rolling into Vienna. Remember, it is the farmers who put food on our plates,

– the Freedom Party of Austria (FPO) opined.

In recent days, a few hundred people have staged demonstrations in Vienna, marching on foot for the time being. "Keep your bureaucratic crap and let us do our job," farmers say, sending a message to the Austrian government and Brussels.

🇦🇹 Environ 200 personnes se sont rendues sur la place Ballhausplatz, dans le centre de Vienne, pour participer à une manifestation des agriculteurs autrichiens en soutien aux agriculteurs allemands.
Le député de l'opposition Peter Schmiedlechner, qui a pris la parole lors du… pic.twitter.com/pdRy3IFl7x

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