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The European Union is beginning to impose various regulations on farmers to reduce farming actions that have negative environmental consequences. The EU’s fight against climate change has disrupted farmers in various countries, and many farmers are unhappy with the European Union’s decisions. Farmers have faced increased competition in recent years because of cheap imports from other countries, and the imports have also decreased the price levels that farmers can competitively sell their produce at. Farmers have formed various groups, such as the Farmers Defense Force, to strategize and plan how to deal with the regulations. Farmers who are a part of these groups will be voting in European Union parliamentary elections, and farmers seem to be favoring candidates on the far right. Many European farmers have more traditional values and tend to be more religious and conservative than urban populations. The far right has gained the support of farmers due to these values and their growing discontent with EU farming regulations.