Doesn't sit well with me.
With the mercosur deal, the E.U. has agreed to allow in 99,000 tonnes of South American beef into Europe for resale, mercosur wanted 350,000 tonnes to come in. The trade deal has been ongoing for 20 years. Agriculture has been sold out to its detriment everywhere in Europe over the last 50 years, even though it's getting more efficient and still a main business driver in all European countries with lots of other industries living off the back of it.
The beef protestors in Ireland are protesting outside factories at the price been given by the processors