Stung by images of grain mountains and wine lakes, Brussels encouraged to diversify and offer leisure facilities. But now, with commodity prices volatile, food security is a big issue …

He said regulations should be simplified, after weeks of across have blockaded motorways. Although agriculture had not been on the agenda of the leaders’ summit, …

Item 1 of 2 Romanian holding a placard that reads “Solidarity, not suffering!” outside the Commission’s Offices over the price of grains and demand fallout from having an …

Fires burn during a in the district in Brussels. DIRK WAEM/Getty Images. 1 of 15. A banner is displayed on a tractor as Belgian block a road near the …

Reuters. 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 …

7 of 11 |. A woman wearing the Dutch flag upside-down disposes of a wrapper as thousands of demonstrators joined an anti-government by ’ organizations in The Hague, Netherlands, Saturday, March 11, 2023. The comes days before Dutch provincial elections on March 15, in which a party representing ’ interests is …

On Thursday, the got official support from the Polish government, which is trying to get Brussels to back down from its plans to cut emissions from the agricultural sector. Agriculture Minister Henryk Kowalczyk, of the ruling right-wing Law and Justice Party, met with Dutch in Warsaw and endorsed their cause. Advertisement.

Item 1 of 8 French block the A16 highway with their tractors to over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances that are shared by across , near Beauvais …

from all over marched into Brussels on Monday morning to against a varied range of issues, including low prices for their products, environmental regulation and free-trade …

A Swiss with a sweatshirt reading “today I only speak to my cows” attends a Geneva over pay, tax and regulations, Feb. 3, 2024, as take part in demonstrations across .

Coming to a crescendo over the past few months, widespread ’ have escalated – across the width and breadth of the continent, from Sweden to Spain, Poland to Portugal …

Police estimate at least 8,000 with 130 tractors joined the on Syntagma square, echoing grievances at similar demonstrations in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland and Italy.

Researchers have defined an unprecedented global wave of more than 12,500 across 148 countries over food, fuel and cost of living increases in 2022. And the largest were in Western . Prices of food and especially energy were pushed up first by the COVID-19 pandemic and then by the war in Ukraine.

CBS News. rage at EU parliament as end in France. Story by Elaine Cobbe• 1w. Paris— France’s two main ‘ unions have called on members to end their weekslong …

From Paris to Brussels and beyond, across are making their voices heard. CNN’s Melissa Bell explains why they’re protesting.

Amid weeks of continent-wide ‘ , on February 26, approximately 900 tractors jammed the Union headquarters in Brussels, where EU agricultural ministers were convening. Demonstrators barricaded official buildings, strewn tires across the streets, and ignited them in flames. The signs point to a growing intensity of the …

’ have erupted across in recent weeks, emphasising deep discontent over agricultural policies and economic pressures. There is the mounting feeling amongst that they are being over-regulated by Brussels, largely through environmental policies, and also let down by free-trade agreements, including ongoing …

had already taken to the roads in Poland and Romania and now there are fresh springing up daily in Belgium, Italy, Spain and elsewhere. This is a movement, even if much …

France’s seem to have won a victory, but agriculture workers in Germany, Belgium, and other countries have taken their frustration to the Union headquarters in Brussels …

3. Arrested. at least 91 [1] The 2024 French ‘ [2] are a series of and road blockages organized mainly by agricultural unions ( FNSEA, Young [ fr], Rural Coordination [ fr], Confédération paysanne [ fr]) since 18 January 2024. [3] The protested against low food prices, proposed reductions in state …

At a in Madrid, from across Spain blew whistles, rang cowbells and beat drums, urging the EU to cut red tape and drop some changes to its Common Agriculture Policy. stand …

Similar have taken place across the bloc in recent weeks. complain that the 27-nation EU’s policies on the environment and other matters are a financial burden and make their …

in France and Poland have taken place to rally against strict farming regulations and rising costs. have put up blockades on major roads in …

Czech dumped manure in front of government offices and blocked Prague streets with tractors on Thursday as they renewed demands for more support and …

The on Tuesday echoed those of other across in recent months, which lamented Union environmental regulations, and imports that the said were making it hard …

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BRUSSELS — The stench of manure, burning tires and teargas pervaded downtown Brussels on Monday as protesting locked down the city’s Quarter, assaulting police barricades as they demonstrate against the EU’s green policies, price pressures and import competition. A huge column of tractors paraded down the Rue de la Loi, a …

Convoys with hundreds of angry driving heavy-duty tractors created chaos outside the Union’s headquarters on Thursday, demanding leaders at an E.U. summit provide relief from …

Item 1 of 6 French drive their tractors during a demonstration to over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by across , in Rennes, Brittany …

Signs proclaimed, in English, “No no food”, and “How dairy you”, and in Dutch, “Proud of the ”. Anje Grin, who raises 250 dairy cows on a large farm near the centre of …

French pay tribute to Alexandra Sonac, a French , and her 12-year-old daughter Camille, who were killed when a car crashed into a ’ roadblock south of Toulouse, amid nationwide over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by across , in Beauvais, France.

The -citizen movement (BBB) was only set up in 2019 in the wake of widespread ‘ . But with most votes counted they are due to win 15 of the Senate’s seats with almost 20% of …

have marched and driven tractors through many capital cities in recent weeks. 2:09 Greek at Athens parliament: ‘Fighting for our justified rights’ There is no …

HARRY NAKOS / AP. clashed with police in Belgium on Monday, February 26, spraying officers with liquid manure and setting fire to piles of tires in a fresh show of force as Union …

Item 1 of 2 A sits on a tractor as he attends a Maha Panchayat or grand village council meeting as part of a against farm laws in Muzaffarnagar in the northern state of Uttar …

bring France, Germany and Poland to standstill The Union is facing fresh chaos as from member countries come together to block off major highways in a …

threw beets, sprayed manure at police and set hay alight in Brussels as hundreds of tractors sealed off streets close to the Union headquarters, where agriculture ministers sought …

French just one of many revolts across ; Far-right parties seek to capitalise on ‘ popular support; Strategy could lead to green policy rollback after June election

in the Netherlands Show Just How Messy the Climate Transition Will Be. 8 minute read. … Populists in the U.S. and , including France’s Marine Le Pen, are seizing on the …

More than 10,000 participated in the , many carrying the upside-down Dutch flags that have become synonymous with ’ , Reuters reported. Some climate activists broke through police lines and blocked a major road into the city for hours, the AP reported. Late Saturday afternoon, police turned a water cannon on …