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00:00 Brussels might seem far away from here, but these Italian farmers are as angry as their

00:05 counterparts in the rest of Europe. In their eyes, the whole sector once seen as a strand

00:09 of Italy`s economy is not as profitable as it used to be. Even for them, the impact of

00:15 EU policies to protect the environment is too hard to handle. They see cheap foreign

00:20 imports as unfair competition. Adding to that, inflation has taken its toll.

00:26 We are an hour`s drive away from Rome, and this is one of the main groups that have assembled

00:30 on the outskirts of the city. They`ve been here for several days already. They`ve been

00:33 sleeping in their trucks and they`re waiting for other trucks to join the protest from

00:37 other parts of the country. Their goal is to hold a larger rally in the Italian capital

00:44 in the next few days. They say they don`t want to surrender and they`re determined to

00:48 reach the parliament building.

00:51 They mainly demand more regulations to be imposed on imports, waiving duties on Ukrainian

00:56 products as a result of the war has drastically reduced their profit margins.

01:01 Last year, the price of goods was reduced by 70 percent. Because of the increase of

01:08 technical equipment, the expenses from the machinery, as I said, to everything that is

01:15 needed to produce, the price of the product has fallen. I would say that the profit is

01:19 much lower. We`re putting money back into the market. So, we have to take action, we

01:24 have to listen to them, otherwise we`ll risk closing down.

01:27 To some of them, it took over 10 hours to come here. They say it was worth it.

01:34 I didn`t believe that we would get this far. But they wanted it this way. When we leave

01:41 here, we have to bring something home, because we can`t support ourselves like this.

01:48 They hope that by the end of the week around, 2,000 trucks will have reached the capital,

01:53 ready to take to the streets.

01:55 Giorgia Orlandi for EURONEWS in Rome.

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