Romanian agreement with farmers and hauliers ends protests

FILE PHOTO: Romanian farmers line up their tractors en route to Nadlac Customs while protesting over the price of grains and demand fallout from having an influx of cheap Ukrainian grains in Remetea Mare, Timis county, Romania April 7, 2023. Inquam Photos/Cornel Putan via REUTERS

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's coalition government said on Friday it had reached an agreement with farmers and hauliers to end weeks of protests against high business costs, even as farmers elsewhere in the EU continued to block roads and border crossings.

The protests stem from anger about low prices for produce, rising costs, imports of cheap foodstuffs and constraints imposed by the European Union's drive to fight climate change.