The had an immediate impact on Wednesday — the Commission, the EU’s executive branch, announced plans to shield from cheap exports from Ukraine during wartime and …

Today has seen big from German who have blockaded major roads, infuriated by the government’s plan to cut agricultural subsidies. The , taking place right across Germany today, have reportedly included banners reading “no , no food, no future”. These nationwide blocks of roads with tractors are likely to have a …

Feb 06, 2024, 06:36 PM. MADRID – Spanish blocked traffic on some of the country’s main highways on Feb 6, joining colleagues in other countries protesting against high costs …

, with their tractors blocking the motorway, lighting fires during a in Girona, Spain, on Feb 6, 2024. … The Union has bowed to from farming communities by …

across Germany on Monday began against the government’s economic and agricultural policies, blocking roads and highways with tractors and marching through major cities. Some …

Polish drive tractors in a convoy as they against the import of Ukrainian foods and Union environmental policies, in Minsk Mazowiecki, Poland [Czarek Sokolowski/AP Photo]

are angry over Union climate policies and food imports from Ukraine that they say threaten their livelihoods. Such have occurred across the 27-member EU in recent weeks …

across have painted an ugly picture of a system some believe is “on the verge of collapse” as workers take drastic measures to an agricultural fuel duty hike …

The latest comes three weeks after lifted roadblocks around Paris and elsewhere in the country after the government offered over 400 million euros ($433 million) to address their …

01/08/2024. ‘ have a long tradition in Germany, and on Monday, there were deliberate attempts by right-wing extremists to use ‘ anger for their own ends. Germany’s far-right …

6:45am Feb 27, 2024. clashed with police in Belgium overnight, spraying officers with liquid manure and throwing eggs and flares at them in a fresh show of force as the Union’s …

After activists turned the water Rome’s Trevi Fountain black, the Italian government unveiled new legislation imposing fines of up to €60,000 on anyone targeting cultural landmarks or artworks. Belgium, 14 climate activists who protested at a gas terminal are facing fines of up to €8,000 and potential jail time.

Pan- organizations such as COPA-COGECA, representing conventional , and the Coordination of the international peasants’ movement La Via Campesina, stood side by side during the , demanding leaders to implement meaningful changes.

In the US and , say they are now overburdened with red tape and rising costs when some 38% of land is farming, half in the US. … paralyzing much of Delhi …

August. 31. Unpacking the 2022 Dutch . Written by Daemon Ortega Froysa. This past June of 2022 has seen a resurgence in the that defined Dutch national politics in late 2019 (“Thousands of Dutch ”, 2022; “Weer een week vol boerenprotest”, 2019). Thousands of Dutch agricultural workers have …

Stroe (Netherlands) (AFP) – Thousands of tractor-driving demonstrated in central Netherlands on Wednesday, causing widespread traffic chaos as they protested against the government’s far …

The across come as the far right, for whom represent a growing constituency, is seen making gains in June’s Parliament elections. Leaders are trying to quell the …

Next it has been the turn of Belgian as thousands of them and over 1,300 tractors congregated outside the Parliament in Brussels. These most recent have become quite messy with dozens of in France arrested as they tried to block off Rungis, a main food distribution hub that feeds 12 million people.

Why ‘s are taking their anger to the streets The EU is facing increasing demands from member states to change its approach to climate change in the wake of the growing .

The have been going on for more than a week, but increased in intensity on Monday in the run-up to an EU summit on Thursday, when they hope their action and those of other in …

Agricultural workers in several countries say that green policies and taxes are eating into their profits, with calling for more government subsidies. have sprung up in France, Germany and Romania ahead of the 2024 Parliament election in June. The ’ demands vary in general, but they are all suffering from environmental reforms […]

Joe Barnes, BRUSSELS CORRESPONDENT 26 February 2024 • 10:58am. spray police with manure during a outside a meeting of EU agriculture ministers in Brussels Credit: Harry Nakos/AP …

MADRID – Thousands of protested in Madrid on Wednesday over Spain’s plan to reduce the amount of water taken from the Tagus river to irrigate agricultural land in the country’s southeast …

BBC Wales environment correspondent. Scenes of protesting in their tractors across have claimed the headlines recently. From country to country the reasons for ‘ unhappiness …

While governments have traditionally been at the forefront of the green transition, their climate policies face a growing backlash from a key constituency: the agricultural sector. In recent months, across the continent have taken to the streets in against a range of EU and state “greening” policies.

February 09, 2024 14:23 GMT. By RFE/RL’s Bulgarian Service. 0:00 0:42. in Bulgaria continued a nationwide for a fourth straight day, demanding more state compensation for being …

February 01, 2024 4:36 AM. By Reuters. burn garbage and tires during a outside the Parliament as leaders meet for an EU summit in Brussels, Feb. 1, 2024. BRUSSELS …

A French in her thirties and her 12-year-old daughter have died after a car crashed into a roadblock during a nationwide by French . The accident, which left the …

Dutch by blocking supermarket distribution centres By Reuters Published on 04/07/2022 – 10:25 • Updated 02/04/2024 – 12:23

Romanian and truck drivers stand near their vehicles during a held on the main road of Afumati village, 20 Km north-east from Bucharest, Romania, 16 January 2024. [EPA/EFE/Robert …

The are the result of deep discontent among the who felt burdened by low incomes, red tape, and increased competition from imports. The recent and demonstrations outside the EU headquarters in Brussels persuaded the farming ministers to reduce the rules tied to subsidies. But these decisions have sparked debate among …

By Victor Goury-Laffont. PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron accused of seeking chaos and pushing the agenda of the far-right National Rally on Saturday, as violent clashes between riot police and disgruntled punctuated the Paris International Agricultural Show. Since the start of the ‘ in January, the …

’ have erupted in several countries, exposing anger about low prices for produce, rising costs, import of cheap foodstuffs and constraints imposed by the Union’s drive …

clashed with police in Brussels near the Union’s headquarters during a against red tape and cheap imports that do not have to meet t…

Dutch and fishermen block roads to new emissions rules. One video falsely claims to show undercover police also being attacked during these by angry demonstrators. The …

Vehicles are lined up during a blockade by on the A4 highway to over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances that are shared by across , in Jossigny …

are protesting across the Union, saying they are facing rising costs and taxes, red tape, excessive environmental rules and competition from cheap food imports, according to Reuters. Demonstrations have been taking place for weeks in countries including France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy and Greece.

Rowdy and disruptive are nothing new. Since the introduction in 1962 of the Union’s Common Agriculture Policy, or CAP, from member states have often …

Antwerp, one of ’s biggest ports, said on Tuesday that there was disruption at the site due to from Belgian – the latest in a series of -wide demonstrations from demanding better pay and working conditions.

Spanish over price pressures, taxes and green regulation and grievances shared by across , at Paseo de la Castellana street in Madrid. — Reuters “We produce the …