Facing farmers' ire, EU lawmakers back rollback of environmental rules
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Strasbourg, France (AFP) April 24, 2024
EU lawmakers on Wednesday approved a revision of the bloc's common agricultural policy (CAP) that scaled back some of the more eco-friendly requirements in a bid to appease farmers protesting what they say are overly strict rules. Farmers have been mounting rolling protests in countries across the European Union, from Belgium and France to Spain, Italy and Poland, over a long list of burdens