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Tobacco farmers marching in Brussels against subsidy cuts on Wednesday (Photo: EUobserver)

Tobacco farmers burn crops in protest at EU subsidy cut

Thousands of raucous tobacco farmers from across Europe mounted a demonstration in the EU capital on Wednesday (19 November), setting alight a bonfire of tobacco leaves outside the European Council building in protest at changes to EU subsidies.

Claiming a crowd of 10,000 tobacco growers and workers from processing factories, organisers had called the day of action in Brussels to coincide with a meeting of EU agriculture ministers on the Common Agricultural Policy "health check."

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Tobacco farmers marching in Brussels against subsidy cuts on Wednesday (Photo: EUobserver)

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