Farmers on the brink: What's behind Europe's spreading protests?

Here in France, the movement has moved from the impoverished small family farms of the southwest to the gates of Paris. In a nation that's particularly proud of its peasant roots, whose agribusiness giants rank among world leaders, we ask about the fury and distress and about the government's pledge to streamline red tape. 

And while the EU is forced to justify and possibly review new environmental norms that farmers say only open the door to less regulated competitors from around the world, the far right is making political hay out of what it portrays as woke globalist tree huggers out of touch with reality. It's all happening ahead of June's European elections. 

Read more Why French farmers are up in arms: fuel hikes, green regulation, EU directives

Produced by Charles Wente, Rebecca Gnignati and Imen Mellaz.

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