Romanian farmers staged a new protest in front of the Parliament building in Bucharest on Wednesday. They pushed the police cordon in the attempt of breaking into the institution’s courtyard.
Farmers are discontent with the low subsidies and that they are not paid in due time. They also complained that the arable fields are seized by foreigners.
The farmers’ protest was initially scheduled on March 1st, but they postponed it to give authorities time to think on their demands.
The farmers had the protest authorized for 3,000 people, but they counted on about 8,000 protesters.
Over 2,500 sheep breeders protested in Bucharest in December, picketing the Palace of Parliament and clashing with the gendarmes. Their protest against the new Hunting Law restricting their activity. They were wearing traditional course-stuff peasant coats and bells.
The new provisions of the Hunting Law forbid setting up or harvesting of the cultures without ensuring the protection of the fauna of hunting interest, while also restricting the number of dogs that a breeder might own. Thus, the sheep breeder will be able to keep only one dog to watch the herd at the sheepfold located in the plain, the sheep breeders from the hills are allowed to have two dogs, while the mountain sheep breeders could have three dogs.