The story so far: Agriculture has become a site of revolt over the last month. have taken out hour-long tractor and held a multi-day ‘siege’ of Parisian streets …

The to Fork (F2F) Strategy at the heart of the ’s Green Deal set out to create a “just transition” towards a sustainable food system, with benefits for all actors. We conducted a critical discourse analysis (CDA) to explore discourses around power in the food system and ’ position in the communication and implementation of the to Fork Strategy. Discourse …

In 2013, an average in the -28 had 16.2 ha of agricultural land. younger than 35 years managed an average of 16.1 ha, almost exactly the same as the average. The oldest had the smallest farms, with 6.3 ha on average. Also in economic terms (measured by the standard output), farms run by young are close to the …

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As ’s find common cause in grievances, governments race to offer concessions. lit fires outside the European Parliament building in Brussels on Thursday as a part of ongoing protests over excessive costs, rules and bureaucracy. The complaints were set to be heard by leaders at a summit later in the day, in a venue …

The Common Agricultural Policy, or CAP, is the ’s largest budget item. For the €60 billion (£53.9 billion) a year it pays in subsidies, the CAP is expected to support farmer …

are fucking assholes. That said, it is true that it’s not fair that produce has to follow restrictions and non- produce doesn’t. The Spanish government just presented a proposal to impose the same quality requirements and restrictions have to non who want to export to the , and it was opposed by Germany and the Nordics.

After 1945, it was the who mobilised to force the Belgian king Leopold III to abdicate for the twin crimes of sympathising with German occupiers and choosing a Flemish second wife. And in …

Polish march in Warsaw against climate policies and the country’s pro- leader. Polish and other protesters gather in downtown Warsaw to protest the ’s climate policies and Poland’s pro- government, in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, May 10, 2024.

A agricultural policy would ensure that could use seeds of one year to plant the next year’s harvests, even from GMO crops, and ensure that genetic modifications were geared towards the public good. Or take the debate over whether a land sparing or land sharing approach to agriculture is more economically sound.

The Union shelved an anti-pesticide proposal Tuesday in another concession to after weeks of that blocked many capitals and economic lifelines across the 27-nation bloc.

A convoy of tractors drives on a street during a ’ in Prague, March 7, 2024. Czech have blocked traffic in Prague, cramming the streets with hundreds of tractors and other vehicles as they rallied against the government and agriculture policies set by the Union.(Katerina Sulova/CTK via AP) ** SLOVAKIA OUT **

Brussels has scrapped a recommended target for cutting agricultural greenhouse gas emissions as governments seek to quell protests from against the bloc’s ambitious green agenda. A …

In 1930 around 20,000 “kulaks” were killed by the Soviet government. Widespread famine ensued from collectivization affected Ukraine, southern Russia, other parts of the USSR, with the death toll estimated at between 5 10 million. The Holodomor, considered a genocide by many historians, was a man-made famine in Ukraine in 1932 …

and workers are no exception. Through the European Green Deal and the social pillar, the has set clear commitments and ambitions. It has an opportunity to sow the seeds through a reformed CAP. We must not waste this opportunity to cultivate a socially fair and more sustainable future for all citizens.

: A is an economic system that features characteristics of both capitalism and . A protects private property and allows a …

Variables to adjust. for differences in climate are also included in the model, and differences in efficiency are captured by intercept dummies. Brooks concludes that for the northern regions of her sample private agriculture is 17-103 per cent more efficient than socialized agriculture, depending on whether Finland is included or excluded …

On Dec. 20, President Donald Trump signed the 2018 U.S. Bill into law. Meanwhile, lawmakers have been debating a Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) for 2020. Both of these policies will have strong implications for global trade and for the agricultural economies of both developed and developing countries.

The emergence, transformation and sustainability of ’ cooperatives in post‐ societies of Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) require complex and diverse processes of institu…

Global agricultural unrest has led to spanning and Australia, challenging green policies that threaten to impact livelihoods. The post stage major …

The 2024 ‘ are a series of by that have been occurring since December 2023. The have protested against low food prices, proposed environmental regulations (such as a carbon tax, pesticide bans, nitrogen emissions curbs and restrictions on water and land usage), and trade in agricultural products …

Environmental policy is another source of conflict. In Asturias, many complain about the growing populations of wolves and bears, which has been promoted by official green policy, but …

a deal. Parliament’s and Council’s negotiators reached an informal political agreement on three laws that will govern the 2023-2027 policy, on Friday. Negotiators endorsed a policy shift that should tailor the ’s policy better to the needs of individual member states …

Today’s exceptional proposal follows the €500 million support package for adopted on 23 March in the framework of the Communication on “safeguarding food security and reinforcing the resilience of food systems” . In these two measures, the Commission encourages Member States to support engaged in sustainable practices.

Germany’s Finance Minister Christian Lindner took to the stage on Monday in front of thousands of jeering protesting against tax rises and told them there was no money for further subsidies.

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

Long-term budget for 2021-2027. Image: European Commission (2023). While it is true that the agricultural sector plays a strategic role in the food security of the entire continent, its environmental impact cannot be understated. Agriculture is the fourth-largest in terms of greenhouse gas emissions in the , and it is among the sectors that have seen the least pr

’ protests have subsided somewhat in France, following government concessions, but continue in many countries across . They were sparked by new rules which require a certain proportion of fallow land, crop rotations, and reduced fertiliser use. The is now stepping back. German object to the phasing out of tax breaks on agricultural diesel; Netherlands …

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BRUSSELS (AP) — A major Union plan to better protect nature in the 27-nation bloc and fight climate change was indefinitely postponed Monday, underscoring how ’ …

Long history of ‘ . may be taking to the streets more than they were 10 years ago, but the agricultural sector has a long history of , as van der Ploeg, the …

The travelled across to make their presence known in Brussels, but they needn’t have bothered. The is already painfully aware of the populist rebellion bubbling up against its net zero plans after a string of dramatic tractor protests that threaten to mushroom into a continent-wide movement as June’s European elections approach.

The agricultural lobby is very powerful in , and especially when you’ve got thousands of and hundreds of tractors blocking everything. Here’s Belgian Deputy Prime Minister David …

in Western have fought with growing fervour in recent years against environmental rules that they claim are prohibitively expensive. They have taken to the streets in a wave of protests, blaming policies for their plight. in the Netherlands, Germany, and France have organised protests against new agricultural policy.

The deal ends a near three-year struggle over the future of the Common Agricultural Policy, which will suck up around a third of the ‘s 2021-2027 budget, spending 387 billion euros on …

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How to save ’s . By Gunnar Rundgren, originally published by Garden Earth. February 26, 2024. Most have probably noticed that there have been massive protests by European the last month. It started in Germany, linked to the budget crisis there, and later included from France, Belgium, Portugal, Poland and several …

Thousands of tractors are blocking the streets in capital cities across as protest against policies on climate change and the influx of cheaper food imports from Ukraine. Right-wing politicians are voicing solidarity with the , raising the threat of a euroskeptic, anti-climate group gaining large increases in the European parliamentary elections in June.

Mr. Sanders identifies as a democratic , but when asked on Tuesday how he defined that, he described something closer to social democracy. “What democratic essentially means …