Month: August 2024
EU Drops Plan to Halve Pesticide Use After
2:42. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she will withdraw a plan to halve the use of pesticides because it became a “symbol of polarization” following by …
set fires and attack barriers near EU summit as … – CNA
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 …
reveal struggles, make consumers …
reveal struggles, make consumers rethink. by Associated Press. BOUSSY-SAINT-ANTOINE, France Feb 04, 2024 – 11:45 am GMT+3. Municipal workers sweep up straw during a by over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by across , Paris, France, Feb. 1, 2024. (Reuters Photo)
Welsh consider action as erupt across
Luke James, Brussels. Welsh were keeping a close eye on events in Brussels as they gathered for crisis talks last week. While they shared concerns over the future of their industry at the livestock market in Welshpool, from Belgium and beyond blocked the roads around the institutions with over 1,000 tractors. “There …
‘ actions showing results both in Ireland and EU – RTÉ
‘ actions already showing results both in Ireland and EU. Updated / Saturday, 3 Feb 2024 11:21. A ‘ in Portugal this week. By Joe Mag Raollaigh. Agriculture and Consumer …
2024 Indian ‘ – Wikipedia
February 2024 clashes: Five died during the at the Shambhu and Khanauri borders between February 16 and 23, 2024. [11] Three deaths were attributed to cardiac arrest, according to hospital records. [41] [42] The cause of death for Shubhkaran Singh, a 21-year-old protester, is undetermined.
LAND GRAB & FOOD SUPPLY CONTROL: Erupt …
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Indian ’ forced Modi to back down on … –
Paramjeet Kaur, 57, says the government is “stealing from the poor.” Paramjeet Kaur, a 57-year-old at the Singhu site, said Modi’s backdown was politically motivated. “Uttar …
Give Form to General Discontent
Give Form to General Discontent . French protesting against the government’s agricultural policy block a motorway near Ableiges, north of Paris, on 26 January 2024. are organizing demonstrations in more and more countries. The have been going on for more than a month in Germany and …
French farming : mother and daughter die after car …
The ’ in France come amid other tractor demonstrations countries, such as Germany and Romania, before parliament elections in June.
Romanian truck drivers and as talks with the …
1 of 3 | . Protesting truck drivers slow traffic down of a road leading to Bucharest, in Afumati, Romania, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Romanian truck drivers and protested across the country again on Monday as negotiations with the coalition government over lower taxes, higher subsidies and other demands failed to reach any agreements with convoys of lorries and tractors disrupting traffic …
Greek farm are a sign of ’s inflation anxiety
6 of 10 |. gather next to a national road during a in Tyrnavos town, central Greece, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022. Economists, and charity workers agree about a cost-of-living crisis : Inflation may ease later this year but the impact of the spike in food and energy prices will last.
‘ : Balancing Environment and …
The happening right now are mainly led by who are upset with the Union (EU) over environmental regulations. The EU wants to make stricter rules to protect the environment, especially when it comes to farming practices that might harm nature.
German government rejects ‘ demands for more subsidies …
Key points: German have been told there is no state aid coming from the government. The erupted after a government decision to phase out a tax break on agricultural diesel …
‘Hypocritical’ politicians weaken climate policies …
The are the latest episode in a growing political backlash which has been brewing for months to the … Why ’s are protesting – and the far right is taking note.
Thousands of advance on Madrid for a major tractor …
MADRID (AP) — Hundreds of drove their tractors into central Madrid on Wednesday as part of ongoing against Union and local farming policies and to demand measures to …
First ruling to shake bloc’s agriculture …
ADVERTISEMENT. The Netherlands’ -Citizen Movement – BoerBurgerBeweging (BBB) – has become the first activist ‘ political group to break into government after striking an agreement …
Dutch gov’t sets targets to cut nitrogen pollution, …
The Dutch government on Friday laid out targets for reducing nitrogen pollution some areas by up to 70% by 2030 – the latest attempt to solve a problem that has plagued the country for years.
stage new wave of – Global Times
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 …
Anger over rising costs: ‘ spreading across …
across are protesting against falling sale prices, cheap foreign imports and environmental regulations. The Union has proposed to scr…
French : Dozens arrested at Rungis food market …
Dozens of who descended on a food market outside Paris have been arrested, as tensions over for better conditions escalated. The French government had warned that disruption at …
to hold another in Brussels’ quarter …
The plan to gather at the Schuman roundabout from 11 am to express their disapproval of recent decisions by the the Commission in response to their early February . In response to the last , the Commission proposed postponing the requirement to leave 4% of arable land fallow each year and imposing …
Why Swiss are rising in – SWI swissinfo.ch
The Swiss government estimates that agriculture contributes less than 1% to GDP, totalling CHF12 billion ($13.7 billion) in revenue in 2022. That’s low relative to other nations. In …
Port of Antwerp disrupted by Belgian ‘ | Reuters
Operations at the port of Antwerp, one of ‘s biggest container ports, were seriously impacted on Tuesday as hundreds of on tractors blocked the roads around the port to demand better …
French vow to continue protesting despite the …
Tyres lie on the highway during a blockade, near Agen, southwestern France, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. French have vowed to continue protesting and are maintaining traffic barricades on some of the country’s major roads. The government announced a series of measures Friday but the say these do not fully address their demands.
EU Green Policies’ Threat to Greenest Lands
in majority of EU states have now joined the . The primary policy target of is a so-called Farm to Fork program that seeks to halve pesticide use, reduce fertilizer use, cut by at least 10% agricultural areas and mandate a conversion of 25% of the Union’s agricultural land to “organic-only” farming.
Bulgaria’s are joining -wide – Yahoo News
Bulgaria ‘. Bulgarian family hold posters reading: “We want humane treatment of .” “I want to be a in Bulgaria” as they attend with their a week old calf in front of Agriculture Ministry in Sofia, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. Hundreds of angry took to the streets in Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia …
’ reach the heart of the EU as … – LifeSite
On February 1, the -wide ’ against policies threatening their existence reached Brussels, where protestors blocked many roads with tractors, started bonfires, set off …
protesting all over | No no food –
protesting all over | No no foodFarmers’ has spread all over EuropeIn the Netherlands,The Dutch have created the large…
British outside parliament over food imports
Item 1 of 5 drive tractors through central London to against issues including food imports, as part of demonstrations from growers around the world, in London, Britain, March 25, 2024.
Tractor threaten to drive the EU’s green farming …
Czech drove their tractors and other vehicles to several border crossings on Thursday, to join forces with their colleagues from neighboring countries in their against Union agriculture policies, bureaucracy and overall conditions for their business. say policies such as the Green Deal, which calls for limits …
Angry once forced India’s hardline leader … – CNN
shout slogans during a to demand minimum crop prices, near the Haryana-Punjab state border at Shambhu in Patiala district about 200 kilometres north of New Delhi on February 16 …
Why are taking their anger to the streets …
At a motorway exit near Rome, Paolo Pepponi was part of a crowd that blocked the road. “It’s not the of the people, it’s not the of those who work,” Pepponi said …
’ continue across as tractors head to …
A holds a placard reading ‘Resignation’, as in front of the Council of Ministers in Sofia, Bulgaria. Photograph: Vassil Donev/EPA Share 13 Feb 2024 07.09 EST
Angry Dutch swarm The Hague to green rules
October 16, 2019 5:41 pm CET. By Eline Schaart. THE HAGUE — Thousands of tractors rumbled into The Hague on Wednesday as protested a clampdown on nitrogen emissions that could wreak havoc on their businesses. “Over the past 20 years, the agricultural sector has moved back and forth along with the rules imposed by politicians …
in Italy expected to on streets of Rome in …
from several regions of Italy are travelling to Rome to demand a restriction on imports from outside the Union as Italian agriculturalists join their counterparts in …
EU Parliament passes nature law despite political backlash
The Parliament approved a flagship law to restore nature on Tuesday, salvaging at least part of EU plans to protect the environment after ‘ ignited a backlash.
on frontline as Dutch divided by war on nitrogen …
Brouwer’s emissions are nine times the threshold cited in a Dutch policy, green-lighted by the EU, to offer about 3,000 “peak polluter” livestock voluntary buy-outs from a €975m …
EU to begin talks with farming leaders after wave of …
with their tractors drive near the Reichstag building during a in Berlin – part of a wave of farming around . Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP The Commission is due on Thursday to begin “strategic” talks with ‘ federations, agri-business firms, NGOs and experts on ways to assuage the ire on in …
disrupt traffic to Belgium’s major ports in …
from across the 27-nation Union have protested against what they see as unnecessary bureaucratic rules, clean-air and soil targets and unfair competition from abroad that, they …
