Month: June 2024
across as EU ministers meet to discuss …
At a in Madrid, from across Spain blew whistles, rang cowbells and beat drums, urging the EU to cut red tape and drop some changes to its Common Agriculture Policy. stand …
Czech in Prague over EU agriculture policies …
Similar have taken place across the bloc in recent weeks. complain that the 27-nation EU’s policies on the environment and other matters are a financial burden and make their …
block roads across to rising costs
in France and Poland have taken place to rally against strict farming regulations and rising costs. have put up blockades on major roads in …
: Czech tractors dump manure … – YouTube
Czech dumped manure in front of government offices and blocked Prague streets with tractors on Thursday as they renewed demands for more support and …
Protesting Polish Block Much of Ukraine’s Western …
The on Tuesday echoed those of other across in recent months, which lamented Union environmental regulations, and imports that the said were making it hard …
Why are Spreading Across – YouTube
Sign up to Brilliant (the first 200 sign ups get 20% off an annual premium subscription): https://brilliant.org/tldr/German are protesting subsidy cu…
Chaos, fires and tear gas roil Brussels as … – POLITICO
BRUSSELS — The stench of manure, burning tires and teargas pervaded downtown Brussels on Monday as protesting locked down the city’s Quarter, assaulting police barricades as they demonstrate against the EU’s green policies, price pressures and import competition. A huge column of tractors paraded down the Rue de la Loi, a …
Angry take to key E.U. summit in tractors
Convoys with hundreds of angry driving heavy-duty tractors created chaos outside the Union’s headquarters on Thursday, demanding leaders at an E.U. summit provide relief from …
French block roads, dump produce as edges …
Item 1 of 6 French drive their tractors during a demonstration to over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by across , in Rennes, Brittany …
Nitrogen wars: the Dutch ’ revolt that turned a nation …
Signs proclaimed, in English, “No no food”, and “How dairy you”, and in Dutch, “Proud of the ”. Anje Grin, who raises 250 dairy cows on a large farm near the centre of …
From blocking highways to spraying manure on buildings: How …
French pay tribute to Alexandra Sonac, a French , and her 12-year-old daughter Camille, who were killed when a car crashed into a ’ roadblock south of Toulouse, amid nationwide over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by across , in Beauvais, France.
‘ party win shock Dutch vote victory –
The -citizen movement (BBB) was only set up in 2019 in the wake of widespread ‘ . But with most votes counted they are due to win 15 of the Senate’s seats with almost 20% of …
EU are protesting climate change regulations. Could …
have marched and driven tractors through many capital cities in recent weeks. 2:09 Greek at Athens parliament: ‘Fighting for our justified rights’ There is no …
in Brussels outside EU agriculture ministers …
HARRY NAKOS / AP. clashed with police in Belgium on Monday, February 26, spraying officers with liquid manure and setting fire to piles of tires in a fresh show of force as Union …
Explainer: a country …
Item 1 of 2 A sits on a tractor as he attends a Maha Panchayat or grand village council meeting as part of a against farm laws in Muzaffarnagar in the northern state of Uttar …
Angry bring France, Germany and …
bring France, Germany and Poland to standstill The Union is facing fresh chaos as from member countries come together to block off major highways in a …
Angry block Brussels to EU policies, cheap …
threw beets, sprayed manure at police and set hay alight in Brussels as hundreds of tractors sealed off streets close to the Union headquarters, where agriculture ministers sought …
‘s angry fuel backlash against EU ahead of …
French just one of many revolts across ; Far-right parties seek to capitalise on ‘ popular support; Strategy could lead to green policy rollback after June election
Dutch Show How Messy Climate Action … –
in the Netherlands Show Just How Messy the Climate Transition Will Be. 8 minute read. … Populists in the U.S. and , including France’s Marine Le Pen, are seizing on the …
Dutch , climate activists stage in The Hague
More than 10,000 participated in the , many carrying the upside-down Dutch flags that have become synonymous with ’ , Reuters reported. Some climate activists broke through police lines and blocked a major road into the city for hours, the AP reported. Late Saturday afternoon, police turned a water cannon on …
What is behind the ‘ – Hindustan Times
across have been holding since last month, blocking traffic on key routes, blocking ports, and egging the Parliament over a long list of demands, ranging from …
French Are Urged by Unions to End Roadblocks – The …
have also broken out in recent weeks in Portugal, Germany and Greece. Image. A near the Parliament building in Brussels on Thursday.
Dover tractor protester says could launch more …
’ have been sweeping for months, in countries such as Greece, Germany, Portugal, Poland and France, where the government was taken by surprise by a motorway blockade of Paris.
in eastern Poland against competition from …
in Dorohusk, southeastern Poland, continue to against the Union’s farming policies, particularly those that permit the sale of Ukrainian agricultural products across the …
‘ : Facts and Figures
In recent months, across nations have been protesting unwise short-sighted policies pursued by bloc officials that harm local agriculture workers. To express their outrage, are blocking highways and dumping waste in front of government buildings to draw attention to their woes. are protesting rising financial …
drive tractors through Paris in at pesticide …
February 8, 20233:20 AM PSTUpdated a year ago. [1/5]French drive their tractors near the Invalides during a over pesticide restrictions and other environmental regulations they say …
2020–2021 Indian ‘ – Wikipedia
The 2020–2021 Indian ‘ was a against three farm acts that were passed by the Parliament of India in September 2020. The acts, often called the Farm Bills, [25] had been described as “anti- laws” by many unions, [26] [27] and politicians from the opposition who said that it would leave at the “mercy …
Why are protesting across the EU and what can the …
More recently, the farming sector, which accounts for 11% of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions, is increasingly alarmed by rules the EU’s “farm to fork” strategy, part of the key …
German rail strikes and cause disruption in …
German commuters faced chaos on Wednesday as the country was hit with a three-day national rail strike, adding to travel disruption ’s biggest economy where protesting continued …
German with tractors against austerity …
Item 1 of 5 People stand beside tractors, as German take part in a against the cut of vehicle tax subsidies, near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, December 18, 2023.
view on Dutch : a test …
As other countries also look to overhaul their agriculture sectors, Dutch have become a test case in navigating the vital politics of the green transition. Last week, protesting …
French could stage more , union boss says
Item 1 of 3 French of the Coordination Rural (CR) use their tractors during a go-slow operation on the Pont Mirabeau bridge with the Eiffel Tower in the background as they ahead of …
From Germany, ’ erupt across France and
25 January 2024. After mass ’ in Germany saw tractors blockading avenues in Berlin, similar large actions by have spread to France and across . Anger is exploding …
German economy: In recession, hit by rail strikes, …
’s largest economy, which was in a technical recession in early 2023 as its blue-chip index hit a record high, … As the ’ carried on across Germany, a three-day rail …
French pose early test for Macron’s new …
RN leader Jordan Bardella vowed on Sunday to stand by on a visit to the Gironde region near Bordeaux. He likened the to “a cry from the French people who do not want their way …
Police move to end Dutch | Reuters
use their tractors to block a highway near the border with the Netherlands as they over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by across , in …
in Brussels throw beets, spray manure at police and …
Belgian in the EU district as Agriculture Ministers met, on March 26, 2024 in Brussels. … “In order to have a strong , there is a need for a strong agriculture …
Tractor-driving Portuguese block roads to Spain as …
Portuguese used tractors to block at least three roads linking Portugal to Spain on Thursday, joining -wide over a range of grievances, from cheaper imports to insufficient …
Tractors choke Spanish city streets as EU …
[1/5] use their tractors to block the C-33 highway as they drive to Barcelona during a over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by across …
France Tries to Contain by as Outrage …
Jan. 26, 2024. by angered by complex regulations, administrative hassles and low wages spread across France on Friday, blocking several highways, snarling traffic for miles and …