Month: June 2024
in Madrid despite EU concessions | Euronews
Dozens of tractors and hundreds of returned to Madrid on Sunday denouncing the Union’s agricultural politics. Organisers claimed that 1,000 people attended the , but the …
resist rapid shift to climate-friendly …
Opinion surveys show that most citizens by far rank climate change as a serious problem, and 88% say they’re on board with the EU’s 2050 carbon-neutral target. Many of the …
HERE’S Why Are Protesting – The Phaser
VIDEO: from The U.K to Spain have been engaging in frequent, highly publicized this summer, but do you know why? The reasons are varied, but mostly involve new restrictions imposed on by the EU to combat climate change, restrictions the feel will likely drive them to bankruptcy.
Polish intensify against ‘executioner’ EU
Item 1 of 10 A person wearing a yellow jacket holds a smoke flare as Polish against the Union’s Green Deal and imports of Ukrainian agricultural products, in Lublin, Poland.
clash with police near the Union …
26 Feb 2024. have clashed with police in Belgium, spraying officers with liquid manure and setting fire to piles of tyres in a fresh show of force as Union agriculture ministers …
Fireworks and egg throwing at EU in Brussels – BBC
blockaded roads and burned tyres, as EU leaders converged for a summit in the Belgian capital. The demonstrations are the latest in weeks of around the bloc against …
The real deal behind ’s – BirdLife …
Enter, the real problem. The Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) is supposed to safeguard the livelihood of EU , but it is instead one of the root causes behind the decline of small . Between 2005 and 2020, the number of in the EU decreased by almost 40%, forcing approximately 5.3 million out of business.
EU countries to demand bloc does more to help , draft …
Item 1 of 4 Spanish over price pressures, taxes and green regulation and grievances shared by across , at Paseo de la Castellana street in Madrid, Spain, February 26 …
As ’s find common cause in grievances … – PBS
have swept as on the continent take their grievances over inflation, foreign competition and the costs of combating climate change to the streets. Full Episode Monday, May 13
Across – AOL
have become a more frequent feature over the last few years. The Netherlands, for example, was the site of particularly large demonstrations in 2022.
Dutch ‘ party scores big election win, shaking …
A ‘ party shook up the political landscape in the Netherlands on Wednesday, emerging as the big winner in provincial elections that determine the make-up of the Senate.
spread ahead of EU summit | Nasdaq
Spanish said they would join the movement and organise in February.. The French follow similar action in other countries, including Germany and Poland, ahead of …
Widespread force EU agriculture …
Agricultural ministers from across the Union were meeting in Brussels on Monday to discuss the crisis in the sector after weeks of angry . The 27-nation EU has already weakened …
French continue road blockade as EU chief …
Thu Jan 25 2024 – 22:29. Commission president Ursula von der Leyen appealed for dialogue to overcome “polarisation” on Thursday as a wave of hit , fuelled by …
threaten to bring Poland to a halt after police …
Item 1 of 5 A man carries a Polish flag next to burning tyres, as outside Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s office against the Union’s Green Deal and imports of …
stage new wave of
ROME/VALLETTA, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) — in at least two countries staged a new wave of on Thursday, demanding more economic support from their governments and reiterating opposition to some Union (EU) policies related to agriculture and environment protection. About 1,000 Italian rallied in Rome’s busy …
WATCH: in Poland and Italy join Netherlands in mass …
in Poland and Italy have now also joined the mass seen in Netherlands, as reported on Friday, July 8. The seen in Poland and Italy, come after strikes in the Netherlands have led to many supermarkets running out of food, as the anti-government movement continues. The are protesting due to their …
In photos, video: set fires, outside …
Similar have taken place across for most of the week. In France, deployed their tractors to block major roadways into Paris on Monday to cuts to agricultural diesel …
Barricaded Highways and a Deadly Incident as French …
Published Jan. 23, 2024 Updated Jan. 25, 2024. A car plowed into a barrier set up by protesting French early on Tuesday, killing a woman and her daughter and injuring her husband, as …
Aggro-culture: ’ brings Brussels’ EU Quarter …
March 3, 2023 5:40 pm CET. By Susannah Savage. Convoys of tractors brought traffic in Brussels to a standstill Friday, as thousands of Belgian protested the Flemish regional government’s plans to limit nitrogen emissions from agriculture. Some 2,700 tractors rolled into Brussels from the Flanders region, according to police estimates …
French block highways to step up pressure on …
The follow similar action in other countries, including Germany and Poland, ahead of Parliament elections in June in which the far right, for whom represent a …
Opinion: Are Standing Up to Free Trade—Will …
arrive on tractors to agricultural policy in Madrid, Spain on February 21, 2024. Photography by Oscar Gonzalez Fuentes/Shutterstock Dumping manure in public spaces, hurling eggs at government buildings, blocking major roads —the who have taken to the streets to challenge free trade policies sure know …
‘ have sprung up across … – Euronews
On the Dutch-Belgian border and on roads in Greece, blocked roads. In Poland, plans were hatched to shut border crossings with Ukraine as over costs and bureaucracy …
EU : Why Demonstrators Are Blocking Roads …
February 8, 2024 at 3:40 AM PST. Listen. 5:19. A long-brewing crisis agriculture has burst into the open as block roads and key border crossings and dump manure in front of …
are sick and tired of EU red tape and …
On Tuesday, blocked roads around the Belgian port of Antwerp, the second-largest , most of the day. The disruption followed earlier at the port, 60 kilometers (40 miles …
Angry Block Roads With Tractors, Spray Manure
Feb 9, 2024, 2:15 AM PST. Tractors block a highway during a ‘ in northeastern Spain this week. Emilio Morenatti/AP. have blocked roads and sprayed government …