The EU should change conditions imposed on to benefit from Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) funding, Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski said in an interview with French …

French block a highway with their tractors during a over price pressures in Longvilliers, near Paris, France. The banner reads ‘Your food starts here’ [Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters …

Around 10:30, tried to break the police barrier at the Parliament, reported Belga News Agency. Projectiles were also thrown at the police again, and also threw all kinds of street furniture. A few tried to pull away the police barricade. In doing so, the police briefly deployed tear gas.

across are protesting over a series of issues, including seeking measures against foreign competition and speedier compensation for damage from natural disasters, facing high production costs, constraints placed on them by Union measures to tackle climate change, and what they say is unfair competition from abroad, particularly Ukraine, after the EU decided in 2022 to …

This is all unfolding against the backdrop of a “greening” CAP, which has already seen reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent between 1990 and 2010. Even the Commission acknowledges that “CAP provides an extensive level of ‘baseline protection’ for the environment on more than 80 percent of the EU’s …

Polish police said they knew of more than 580 planned for March 20, with an estimated participation of 70,000 people. On March 14, the Commission also offered concessions to …

France said it would push to ease Union environmental regulations on fallow farmland this week, as tractors blocked major highways out of Paris on Monday and nationwide …

March 27, 2024 11:00 am (Updated 12:04 pm) on tractors in Westminster earlier this year over concerns about trade deals that threaten British farming and food security (Photo: Vuk …

in Brussels as EU agriculture ministers meet to discuss responses to the current crisis that the sector is facing.Read the best of o…

Reporters spoke to academics, policymakers and about the upcoming elections and the future of farming across the bloc. In this Q&A, Carbon Brief explores what these elections could mean for EU agricultural policy, the impact of the recent and the possible pathways for farming .

’ against rising costs in the agricultural sector and falling prices for their produce are spreading across the EU. The Commission’s reaction to the in late January was to propose to allow Member States to extend by one more year the derogation of good agricultural and environmental conditions (GAEC) standard 8 on devoting a minimum share of arable land to non …

On February 19, hundreds of tractors rolled down the streets in Prague protesting the E.U. climate policies and high energy costs. Two days later, hundreds more tractors blocked roads in Spain. On March 6, in Poland also took to the streets to oppose the E.U.’s climate agenda. Belgium, France, Italy, and Greece have all seen similar …

By Guy Hedgecoe. BBC News, Aranda de Duero. in Spain have joined their counterparts in staging across the country. Like elsewhere, they demand more flexibility …

Tue 20 Feb 2024 09.18 EST. Last modified on Tue 20 Feb 2024 13.50 EST. Poland’s bitter dispute with Ukraine over farm imports has escalated as Polish dumped grain from a freight train as …

Lauded by Mick Jagger and vilified by their own prime minister, Dutch are giving a taste of the backlash the Continent faces in its drive towards net zero emissions. Huge …

gather during a against the Union’s agricultural policies, grievances shared by across , at the Czech-Slovak border near Holic, Slovakia, February 22, 2024.

A bystander watches as from the Midi-Pyrenees region of southwest France dump manure and rotting produce outside a government administrative building as they take part in a against …

The in the Union’s biggest agricultural producer come at a time when President Emmanuel Macron is wary of ’ growing support for the far right ahead of the …

EU leaders vowed to ease the burden of environmental rules in an attempt to quell by , who demolished statues and started fires in Brussels during a summit on Thursday. …

block the A2 Highway with their tractors during a in Fondarella, Spain, on Feb. 6. will simplify rules for seeking to cut red tape for subsidies to address a key …

Link Copied! Isa Soares has the latest on in Poland demonstrating against the EU Green Deal and Ukrainian grain imports. 03:04 – Source: CNN. Stories worth watching 16 videos. Thousands of …

‘ across sparked a surge in popularity of right-wing populist parties and have made agricultural policy one of the main topics of the upcoming election campaign.

Show more videos from . around France sought to put pressure on the government over a wide range of grievances concerning the future of their industry.

Other countries have staged mirroring the blockades currently taking place across France. In Italy, have blocked roads near Milan, with spanning across north and …

Item 1 of 4 A man adds hay to pallets set on fire as French on the A16 highway over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by across , in …

In an enduring display of dissent that has spanned several months, agricultural across show no signs of stopping. On Feb. 26, a massive procession of tractors converged on the Union (EU) building in Spain, marking a continued opposition to Agenda 2030, a plan developed by the United Nations (UN) to implement more than a dozen sustainable development goals under the …

A throws an egg aimed at police officers as Belgian use their tractors to block outside the Union headquarters, as they over price pressures, taxes and green …

across several countries have taken to the streets in recent weeks as they again the EU’s Green Deal. Hundreds of tractors and other agricultural vehicles rolled into …

The reasons for their remain largely the same. Brussels has taken note of the ‘ demands, including several meetings with politicians, such as the president of the …

Snow-dusted tractors lined up outside the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, and nighttime in Romania marked by vivid national flags have become markers of a movement across .

Updated: Thu 18 Jan 2024 16:10 CET. demonstrate against government plans to scrap diesel tax subsidies for agriculture vehicles in Frankfurt, western Germany, on January 11, 2024. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) Activists are rallying on social media to hold a in Vienna on Sunday. Here’s what’s happening and why the …

“No , no Future” is written on a sign attached to one of the tractors at a ‘ on Stra’e des 17. Juni in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany. J’rg Carstensen/dpa via AP

loss of agricultural land. and conservative lawmakers in the Union strongly opposed the landmark nature legislation that bolsters the bloc’s green transition and …

January 14, 20243:05 AM PSTUpdated 4 months ago. BUCHAREST, Jan 14 (Reuters) – Romanian and truck drivers continued sporadic across the country on Sunday as negotiations with the …

across are holding to highlight financial struggles, which they argue stem from inflation, competition from low-cost imports and an inability to earn a liveable income.

And they’re inspiring by other across , including in Germany, Poland and Italy. I have praised the current Dutch government for being sensible on matters like climate change.

Climate & CO2 Agriculture. The large-scale by Germany’s agriculture industry are casting a spotlight on the difficulties faced by the government to reconcile decarbonisation efforts with budget restrictions and social cohesion. As thousands of hit the streets in January, concerns have been raised over attempts by far-right …

Large demonstrations by have taken place in several countries in recent days, and have now reached Belgium. The ‘ are mainly fuelled by low farm incomes. The sector is also critical of the Common Agricultural Policy and rejects free trade agreements such as Mercosur.

LISBON, Portugal (AP) – High energy costs are stoking unrest in parts of , with Spain deploying more than 23,000 police officers amid a truckers’ strike Friday and in France and Greece snarling traffic with their . Russia’s war in Ukraine has further pushed up costs for oil and natural gas , driving record …

Thousands of tractors clog the roads across as the continent’s take to the streets in . Many feel they can no longer make a living work…