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Riot police clashed with Romanian shepherds and farmers protesting against an EU-imposed ban on livestock exports due to disease in Bucharest on Tuesday. Approximately 2,000 people participated in the demonstration, which turned violent when protesters threw objects at law enforcement, leading to twenty-six arrests and injuries to twenty-four individuals requiring medical attention. The protest was supported by far-right groups advocating for political change in Romania, including calls for government officials to resign.
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On Tuesday, 2,000 Romanian shepherds and farmers gathered in Bucharest to protest against a ban on livestock exports due to a contagious disease outbreak, supported by the far-right AUR party. Violence erupted when some protesters threw rocks and metal barriers at police; authorities used tear gas to disperse them. Twenty-six people were detained, while 24 individuals required medical attention for injuries or exposure to tear gas, with four hospitalized. The protest was organized by farmers and shepherds who are frustrated by the EU-imposed ban that affects their livelihoods. Both the government and opposition leaders urged protesters to remain peaceful.
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Riot police have clashed with Romanian shepherds and farmers as they rioted during a protest against a ban on livestock exports due to disease.
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they → clash → disease
About 2,000 people gathered to demonstrate in the capital, Bucharest, on Tuesday against the extension of a live sheep export ban, imposed by the European Union due to the highly contagious small ruminant plague.
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people → gather → plague
As in other protests by farmers across Europe in recent years, the rally was encouraged and supported by far-right forces.
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rally → encourage → forces
listViolence broke out in front of the Romanian government building in Bucharest when some protesters demanding the reversal of the ban began throwing rocks, metal barriers and other objects at law enforcement.
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protesters → break → enforcement
Police responded with tear gas in a bid to disperse them.
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Twenty-six people were detained, riot police said in a press release.
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Twenty-four demonstrators and police officers required medical attention – some for broken bones, others for the effects of the tear gas.
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others → require → gas
Four were hospitalised.
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The government and the opposition called on the demonstrators to refrain from violence.
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The demonstration was called by farmers and shepherd groups.
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demonstration → call → farmers
Protesters held banners calling on the country’s president and prime minister to resign.
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Some chanted the name of far-right politician Calin Georgescu, a former presidential candidate who is standing trial for acts against the constitutional order following the annulment of the presidential elections in 2024.
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Supporters of Georgescu had shared messages on social media ahead of the protest, asking people to join.
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George Simion, the leader of the main far-right group in the country, the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), wrote on Facebook that “AUR stands with the farmers and all working Romanians”, but called on protesters to demonstrate peacefully.
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AUR → write → protesters
The Romanian government said in a press release that the protest had “degenerated into regrettable acts of violence” and called for “calm”.
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President Nicusor Dan condemned the “extremely serious” violence and “any attempt to turn a legitimate protest into street fighting” in a social media post.
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Dan → condemn → post
Romanian shepherds had protested outside the government building at the end of July over the EU ban on live sheep exports, which expires at the end of 2026.
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which → protest → 2026
The country of 19 million people has been struggling for months with the highest inflation in the EU and a political crisis with no end in sight.
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country → struggle → sight
The pro-European government, which adopted austerity measures to rein in a high budget deficit, was brought down in a no-confidence motion in May, and a divided parliament has failed to confirm a successor.
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