Tractors at the gates of Rome: Italian farmers against the new EU regulations by Stefano Costantino / SOPA Images
A convoy of tractors parked in a field near Rome's GRA (ring road) on the outskirts of Rome waiting to enter the city as part of a protest by Italian farmers to pressure the government to improve their working conditions.
Italy is one of several European countries where farmers have staged weeks of demonstrations to demand lower fuel taxes, better prices for their products, and an easing of EU environmental regulations that make it more difficult to compete with cheaper foreign produce.
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