Month: July 2024
The ‘ should be taken seriously by ‘s …
Many , especially the small ones and those part of family , are suffering. … driving in a heavy-duty tractor into the western city of Poznan as part of a nationwide …
grow across EU – February 1, 2024 | Reuters
A sits in a tractor with a sign that reads “we feed you, but we die”, as they leave the area after attending a by from Belgium and other countries over price …
Stage in Several Countries
POLAND: associations announced they would again block roads to prevent the entry of Ukrainian goods.This one-month measure will start from Friday, February 9. The new wave of comes after the Commission recently decided to keep Ukrainian agri-food imports exempt from quotas and tariffs.
: why are French protesting, France …
French have begun to dismantle roadblocks in Paris and other parts of the country following the French government’s announcement of over 400 million euros (£341 million) in measures aimed …
Germany in mode: From to train drivers
The German ‘ that caused nationwide disruptions is the latest in a slew of demonstrations . Many say their backs are against the wall amid new EU measures and …
‘ force Macron to tell EU to halt South …
French President Emmanuel Macron is putting pressure on the Union to postpone the conclusion of a free trade agreement with the South American economic alliance Mercosur in light of ‘ . “We do not want the agreement to be signed in its current form,” Macron said on Tuesday in Stockholm during a state visit to Sweden. In a week-long fight for better working …
: Australia’s perspective
Tractors converge on Rome as across . Mr Jochinke launched his NFF presidency with the ‘Keep Farming’ campaign and sees some similarities between the Australian …
Clip of protestors spraying police with hay dates to …
Users have shared a clip claiming it shows Dutch spraying hay onto a police line at an August 2022 over plans to cut nitrogen emissions. But the video dates back to a 2015 …
Angry are spreading across — and …
The Union prides itself on being a champion for the environment. But that reputation is now being firmly tested, after it toned down its climate policies following angry …
‘ spread rapidly across | myKN
Earlier in January, Germany witnessed large-scale and convoys of slow-moving tractors that blocked access to multiple German ports. continued this week but on a smaller scale with no direct impact on port operations. Nevertheless, Kuehne+Nagel expects the movement to continue in Germany if the issue remains unresolved.
Growing Add to the EU’s Political Woes
Growing Add to the EU’s Political Woes. A woman waves a French flag in support of protesting as a tractor drives by in Agen, southwerstern France, on Jan. 25, 2024. , growing in a key electoral year will likely slow the implementation of environmental reforms in the Union and make it …
Germany’s Have No Reason to Complain – Foreign Policy
German ’ irate marathon that reached a high point last week has evoked comparisons to the 1524-25 German Peasants’ War, the largest uprising in Western before the French …
Why Poland’s oppose the Green Deal – RTÉ
The Commission has taken note of ’ against the Green Deal in a number of member states in recent months and, in February, dropped its requirement to cut pesticide use by …
take to streets across in net zero … – Reddit
But over here it was far from friendly. The intimidated and even threatened politicians. They visited them in the privacy of their own homes. Or they would wait for them with burning torches. One even drove his tractor into a municipal building. Other shared private phone numbers and addresses of politicians on the internet.
Violent grip Poland as clash with police …
Poland experienced its most violent by and supporters on Wednesday, the Union has ruled. Police detained over a dozen people and prevented the from accessing …
rise up – The Counter Signal
rise up. Earlier this week, German joined up with the Dutch to blockade a roundabout in Heerenberg on the German-Netherlands border in of the Netherlands’ nitrogen emissions cap policy that will lead to mass job loss across the country.
Dutch plan to cut nitrogen emissions gets EU green light
The Union’s executive arm gave the green light Tuesday to farm buyout schemes worth nearly 1.5 billion euros ($1.65 billion). The Dutch plans to reduce nitrogen deposits — mainly from livestock — on areas of vulnerable nature have sparked heated debate and widespread by angry in this small nation.
What ’s egg-hurling can teach us … – Grist
What ’s egg-hurling can teach us about climate progress. EU officials had big plans to slash emissions from farming. Then the started. Hundreds of fed-up Germans driving …
are blocking key roads between Belgium and the …
People shout slogans during a by outside the Parliament as leaders meet for an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Union leaders meet in Brussels for a one day summit to discuss the revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027, including support for Ukraine.
in EU – Commissioner announced …
are dissatisfied with the green course of the Commission and demand concessions from both the EU and their governments. In France and Poland, the have reached the largest scale. Polish also demand restricting the import of goods from Ukraine. On Wednesday, March 6, they staged a large-scale in the …
What is driving Poland’s ? – RTÉ
On Wednesday morning, about 80 parked their tractors at a motorway intersection outside the town of Legionowa, 30km north of Warsaw. They had come to the Union’s Green …
Fires erupt as outside … – YouTube
Furious have started fires outside the Parliament building in Brussels in against taxes, rising costs and cheap imports.Some 1,300 t…
German rail strikes and ‘ cause disruption …
BERLIN -. 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 …
News | Latest News – NewsNow
We provide insights into the demands of , the economic and environmental contexts of their , and the broader implications for food security and rural livelihoods. Engage with our ongoing, thorough coverage to understand this critical global issue. Latest news on ‘ and across the world in 2024, offering …
French Vow to Take Tractor to Brussels
31 Jan 2024. French are threatening to take their tractor to the heart of the Union and impose a blockade on Brussels as they have done to Paris in opposition to the green agenda favoured by globalists like President Emmanuel Macron. The uprising in France continued to grow this week, as an estimated 12,000 …
Finland faces massive strikes over government benefits cuts …
It comes as erupt in across , rallying for things such as better pay and more protection against cheap imports. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our …
The empty boots of German tell a story of hardship …
A ’ in Berlin, Germany, 15 January 2024. Photograph: Michele Tantussi/Getty Images. As the relatively fringe association of small , the AbL, has made clear, there would be …
Spanish join wave of – BBC
in Spain have joined their counterparts in staging across the country. Like elsewhere, they demand more flexibility from the Union, tighter controls on …
’ disrupt morning rush hour on Brussels …
The are an initiative of Walloon . They set off on Sunday morning with hundreds of tractors and with a clear mission: to make it clear to Walloon, federal and policymakers that things cannot continue like this. As in France and Germany, the Belgian are protesting against strict environmental rules.
increase 300% – climate rules …
At the time of writing, 5,728 ’ had been recorded globally so far this year by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED). However, over 4,000 have been logged for alone, constituting a 300% increase in incidents for the region compared to 2023 as whole. A host of variables are fuelling …
EU poised to OK major plan to meet climate goals and better …
STRASBOURG, France (AP) — The Union is on the brink of approving a major plan to fight climate change and better protect nature in the 27-nation bloc after from and opposition from the biggest party in parliament led it to be diluted.
‘ : EU to cap some Ukrainian tariff-free imports
More than 70,000 were expected to EU policies in Poland on Wednesday. The Commission has proposed a cap on duty-free imports of some Ukrainian produce after months of …
block Dutch-Belgian border in anti-EU
The are expected to congregate on the outskirts of Rome pending further later in the week in scenes reminiscent of similar that have paralysed cities across …
Why are Indian protesting again? Demands for …
India’s coincide with similar demonstrations by their counterparts , but, other than rising costs of cultivation, the concerns raised by and Indian are …
’ and the deadend of neoliberalism
: ECVC puts forth concrete suggestions to guarantee fair prices to peasant Rice imports lead to bankruptcy, endangers food sovereignty: Serikat Petani Indonesia Treaties and Tractors: The against free trade agreements, WTO at the root of it all Rejection of free trade agreements and the demand for a decent income at the heart of ’ mobilizations …
Set to Curb Ukrainian Grain Deals After
FILE – A woman holds bread during a in Bucharest, Romania, April 7, 2023. Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Bulgaria have banned Ukraine’s food exports to protect their own markets …
Latvian demand ban on Russian and Belarusian food …
‘ has witnessed a surge in ‘ recently. At the start of the year, mass strikes took place in Germany, France, Romania, Greece, and Poland.
In Romania, Bulgaria Over Glut Of Ukrainian …
Romanian in the front of the Commission headquarters in Bucharest on April 7. in Romania and Bulgaria protested on April 7 against a glut of agricultural products …
Spanish and French block Catalonia border … – Euronews
Spanish have begun disrupting traffic on the main AP-7 motorway connecting Spain and France as part of a series of continent-wide . For the past two days, have parked on …
on the brink: What’s behind ‘s spreading ?
Their tractors have been bearing down on ‘s capitals. From Berlin to Bucharest, from Warsaw to Brussels, are venting their fury at having their margins squeezed by inflation and big …