Italian farmers are organizing a national demonstration in Rome for next week, after the protests they have staged this weekend in several cities in the country, in some cases blocking highways. Specifically, near the Orte motorway exit, in the central region of Lazio, they blocked this Saturday the circulation of vehicles at various times during the day.

“You have taken everything from us; at least let us eat”, read one of the banners along with the tractors. With 200 tractors deployed to the scene, they assured that they were not going to block the highway, but admitted that their presence at the Orte exit was causing traffic problems due to the large influx.

Danilo Calvani, leader of the farmers of Rome, explained that on Monday, after a meeting with the Police, the details about the demonstration that will march towards the capital will be announced, but He assured that “it will not be like the one in Brussels”, in reference to the altercations, although he stated “that it will happen.” “Europe’s green policies are devastating for our sector, with policies that prevent us from producing, and do not stop the free market that brings products to Europe,” added Calvani.

There have also been protests this weekend in Abruzzo, in the town of Castel Di Sangro, where 50 tractors slowed down traffic on the state highway, and also in the Rosarno plain, in the province of Reggio Calabria, where they parked their tractors and work vehicles on the sides of the road. The tractor march also began in Casal di Principe, in the Caserta region (south) with about thirty tractors.

“With this march, farmers want to keep attention on a international crisis that has deep roots and causes in Italya great country with a peasant tradition and an enormous agri-food heritage founded on land and sea work and the great diversity of its cultural and environmental systems,” said Gianni Fabbris of the Altragricoltura association.

The three roundabouts leading to the A1 tollbooth in Val di Chiana, central Italy, were also blocked by 150 tractorsand there was also a concentration of tractors in Melegnano, at the gates of Milan.

In Italy, farmers are protesting, among other things, the increase in production costs and they intend to ensure the diesel discount beyond 2026, while weighing the fact that the exemption from some land taxes has not been extended.

Some Italian media have announced that in the coming days the Government may evaluate the decision made in the Budget law not to extend the exemption from some taxes on property and agricultural income from land.