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In a move aimed at addressing the widespread farmers’ protests in Europe, representatives from EU member states in the Special Committee on Agriculture have greenlit changes to several key legislative acts of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

The Agency for Financing Rural Investments (AFIR) has said that it began using robots from software automation company UiPath a little over two years ago.

Before the deal was announced on Wednesday morning, farmers took to the streets and blocked roads across Poland.

For several weeks, farmers have been protesting, demanding, among other things, the abandonment of regulations under the European Green Deal

Polish farmers have been staging blockades at the country’s border crossings, especially with Ukraine, to protest against the import of less expensive produce.

Previously, the Polish Prime Minister urged the EU to impose a ban on the imports of agricultural products from both countries.

Polish farmers increased the number of trucks they allowed through the Dorohusk border crossing with Ukraine on Wednesday but backpedaled on a promise to completely unblock it, the Polish Press Agency (PAP) reported. PAP also learnt that farmers plan to block the passage of trucks through the border crossing with Slovakia in Chyżne, in Poland’s southwestern region of Małopolskie. Farmers also blocked a road junction in Wiskitki, which lies in Żyrardów County, in central Poland.

Polish farmers want the European Union to prepare certain regulations to ensure that excess grain is directed to world markets where there is demand for it.

Another round of talks between Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and representatives of protesting farmers has not resulted in any breakthrough or agreement, announced one of the protest leaders on Saturday.

Farmers in Poland’s southwestern Dolnośląskie province have decided to suspend their protests and celebrate International Women’s Day by handing out flowers to women.

Czech farmers dumped manure in front of the government’s office, blocked Prague streets with tractors, and taunted the country’s farm minister on Thursday as they renewed protests demanding more help and a halt to cheap imports to the European Union.

Farmers from northeastern Poland have ended their protest at the border with Lithuania, where they monitored trucks coming into Poland.

Today the most important thing is for Europe to believe in its strength - appealed Prime Minister Donald Tusk during the congress of the European People’s Party (EPP) on Thursday in Bucharest. He emphasized that Europe must be ready to defend itself militarily and also guarantee its food security.

Poland’s interior minister has stated that a group of provocateurs was responsible for attacks on the police during a farmers’ protest in Warsaw on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the opposition has placed the blame on the Police, alleging that the services deliberately instigated the clashes.

Protesting farmers clashed with police outside the parliament building in Warsaw on Wednesday, with police having to use pepper spray and accusing participants of violence against security forces.

Several gendarmerie (Guardia Civil) officers were wounded in clashes with farmers protesting on the A-6 highway in Zamora province, northwestern Spain. Police used smoothbore weapons and tear gas against the demonstrators.

Polish farmers on Friday began their protest in Budzisko, a village in the Podlaskie province in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Lithuania.

Poland is in the process of drafting a list of modifications to the European Union’s Green Deal program and it would be prepared together with farmers, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday, after meeting with the representatives of Polish farmers protesting in Warsaw.

Trade union leaders have warned that protests by Polish farmers will be growing unless the government finds a quick solution to resolve their problems.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday he would meet protesting farmers’ leaders on Thursday, as thousands continued to demonstrate across the country.