The S&Ds: we must guarantee availability and affordability of …
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The S&Ds: we must guarantee availability and affordability of …

To ensure availability and affordability of fertilisers for European agriculture, the Commission put forward, at end of last year, a communication to make the agricultural sector more resilient in the face of the worrying fertiliser crisis. The communication aims to reduce ’ dependencies on third countries, while securing yields.

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Orwell’s ideas remain relevant 75 years after ‘ …
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Orwell’s ideas remain relevant 75 years after ‘ …

Published: August 12, 2021 8:26am EDT. George Orwell’s writings have left a lasting imprint on American thought culture. ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images. Seventy-five years ago …

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‘t Want It –
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‘t Want It –

If America doesn’t want its people must wake up and heed the lessons being played out in counties around the world – like Denmark.. If America doesn’t want it must seek …

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Why   Are Up in Arms – Voice of America
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Why Are Up in Arms – Voice of America

Why Are Up in Arms. block A63 highway to over taxation and declining income, near Bayonne, on Jan. 23, 2024. The sign says “Our end will be your hunger.” The …

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‘Without us, you don’t eat’: Greek  drive tractors to …
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‘Without us, you don’t eat’: Greek drive tractors to …

Some carried mock coffins and funeral garlands as symbols of their plight. The — whose demands are similar to those at elsewhere — have spent weeks staging sporadic blockades along highways and in rural towns. in central Greece are also still reeling from major floods last year.

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’ protests in  and the deadend of neoliberalism
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’ protests in and the deadend of neoliberalism

Since the 1980s, various regulations that ensured fair prices for European have been dismantled. The put all its faith in free trade agreements, which placed all the world’s …

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Block Roads in Four European Countries –  …
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Block Roads in Four European Countries – …

One of the major weaknesses of worker organizations is that workers don’t coordinate strikes and protests across countries. However, we may be approaching the day when this actually comes to pass. First in Germany and now in France, Poland and Rumania are blocking the roads with tractors.

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As farmer protests grow, the  offers more … – PBS
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As farmer protests grow, the offers more … – PBS

The ‘s executive arm has proposed weakening even more climate and environmental measures in the bloc’s latest set of concessions to apparently bent on continuing disruptive …

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[PDF] Evolving  structures and land use patterns in …
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[PDF] Evolving structures and land use patterns in …

The paper reviews the role of land policies in the evolving structure of transition countries in Central and Eastern (CEE) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The discussion shows how different policies for land property rights, degrees of control of land rental and sale markets, and procedures for restructuring former collective or state farms resulted in …

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The BFD | Big Wins for
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The BFD | Big Wins for

Big Wins for . Greta Thunberg only has to scowl (as if she has any other expression on that charmless mug) and it’s front page news. In far-away Buenos Aires, a gaggle of left-wingers stamp their feet at Javier Milei and the media are agog. Tens of thousands of stage monster protests across for months, ultimately …

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Why ‘s  are taking their anger to the streets – MSN
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Why ‘s are taking their anger to the streets – MSN

But, across , discontent is often fuelled by anger with policies. The agricultural sector has always viewed with suspicion measures brought in by the to revamp its €55bn (£47bn …

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Spanish  stage a 4th day of tractor protests over  …
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Spanish stage a 4th day of tractor protests over …

Thousands of Spanish on tractors are blocking highways and some city streets in a fourth consecutive day of protest against agriculture policies Via AP news wire Friday 09 …

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Dutch ‘  –
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Dutch ‘ –

The Dutch ‘ ( Dutch: boerenprotesten) are a series of demonstrations by Dutch livestock , characterised by the use of tractors to block roads, and occupy public spaces. [20] [21] The were initially triggered in October 2019 by a proposal in parliament to halve the country’s livestock in an attempt to limit …

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How the far right aims to ride ’ outrage to power in …
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How the far right aims to ride ’ outrage to power in …

BRUSSELS — If the far right ever seizes power across , it may well ride in on the back of a tractor.. From Italy to the Netherlands, right-wing parties like France’s National Rally and the Alternative for Germany are piggybacking on ’ noisy outrage — complete with snorting tractors and livestock parades — ahead of an EU-wide election in June.

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ideology – Are there currently sensible differences between …
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ideology – Are there currently sensible differences between …

Historically (as in Social-Democracy) parties and Communist (as in State , albeit the democratic version of it) parties in the nations are old. The Green parties are recent, and typically a mixture of young people from different political backgrounds (the great majority from the left to center side of the spectrum) that …

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Tony Cliff: Marxism and the collectivisation of agriculture …
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Tony Cliff: Marxism and the collectivisation of agriculture …

The second support in Marx’s theory for the socialisation of agriculture – the counterposing of the collectivism of the agricultural workers to the individualism of the peasant – is thus found to be a weak reed. Start of the page. 9. Plethora of capital the co-operative organisation of farming.

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Could Canadian  join  climate change regulation …
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Could Canadian join climate change regulation …

European have been protesting higher costs, lower profits and climate change regulations for weeks now. The protesters have marched and driven tracto…

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From Poland to Spain, ‘s  ramp up protests – BBC
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From Poland to Spain, ‘s ramp up protests – BBC

‘s have ramped up protests against measures and rising prices, with roads blocked in Poland, Hungary, Spain and Belgium. In western Poland some 1,400 tractors took part in a …

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‘ COOPERATIVES IN : SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL …
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‘ COOPERATIVES IN : SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL …

Membership rates of agricultural co-operatives vary widely across member states of the . Inspired by various strands of literature (institutionalism, social capital theory, literature on transition countries and the ‘software of the mind’), we investigate historical and social determinants of those differences.

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Are ‘s  winning? – UnHerd
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Are ‘s winning? – UnHerd

Under the European Green Deal, the aimed to achieve a 50% reduction in the overall use of pesticides and hazardous substances by 2030. However, this proposal faced criticism from both environmentalists, who deemed it insufficient to reach sustainability targets, and agriculture groups, who argued it would be unworkable and detrimental to ’ livelihoods.

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‘It’s an absolutely corrupt system’: How   subsidies …
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‘It’s an absolutely corrupt system’: How subsidies …

These land barons, as it turns out, are financed and emboldened by the .. Every year, the 28-country bloc pays out $65bn (£50bn) in subsidies intended to support around …

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from 12  countries continue to protest … – Euronews
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from 12 countries continue to protest … – Euronews

from 10 countries, ranging from Central to the Baltics and the Balkans, were on Thursday participating in a protest against the bloc’s agriculture policies, bureaucracy and …

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Police, protesters clash at Spain’s  Party HQ over …
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Police, protesters clash at Spain’s Party HQ over …

MADRID, Nov 6 (Reuters) – Spanish police on Monday night used batons to charge against a group of people protesting, some using fire flares, outside the ruling Party headquarters in …

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stage major (and messy)  | AGDAILY
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stage major (and messy) | AGDAILY

Global agricultural unrest has led to spanning and Australia, challenging supposed “green” and money-saving policies that threaten to impact livelihoods. Today, German have been blockading Berlin with more than 500 tractors and trucks parked by the city’s historic Brandenburg Gate, protesting subsidy …

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Across  – Yahoo News
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Across – Yahoo News

have become a more frequent feature over the last few years. The Netherlands, for example, was the site of particularly large demonstrations in 2022.

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’ network: Pesticides can be reduced without …
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’ network: Pesticides can be reduced without …

Funded by the ’s Horizon 2020 programme, this project brings together 22 groups of around ten in 16 countries to explore the large-scale rollout of IPM.

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Why are  in  protesting? What you need to know
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Why are in protesting? What you need to know

French use their tractors during a protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by across , in Jossigny, near Paris. STEPHANIE LECOCQ/Reuters …

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Why is   policy so hard to change? – Greenpeace …
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Why is policy so hard to change? – Greenpeace …

The Court of Auditors, the ’s financial watchdog, called the new farming policy ineffective and insufficient. Over 3,600 scientists explained how the current proposal is an environmental disaster, and the European Parliament’s own studies concluded the CAP was completely out of line with the ’s green agenda.

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scraps pesticide proposal in another concession to …
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scraps pesticide proposal in another concession to …

13 of 15 |. gather outside the European Parliament for a protest, in Strasbourg, eastern France, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. The ’s executive on Tuesday shelved its anti-pesticides proposal in yet another concession to after weeks of protests blocked major capital and economic lifelines across the bloc.

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urges  to report unfair trading practices amid …
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urges to report unfair trading practices amid …

The on Tuesday urged and small food suppliers to share their experiences of unfair trading practices amid protests by across claiming they are being short …

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Farmer Protests Take Root in  and Beyond | American …
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Farmer Protests Take Root in and Beyond | American …

began protesting in in spring 2023 in Poland, Romania, and Bulgaria, sparked by Ukrainian grain imports. argue that Ukrainian grain is a cheaper good that does not follow standards and therefore presents unfair competition in the market. Those initial protests began spreading to Germany, France, Italy, Greece, and …

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How much could the   cost ‘s economy?
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How much could the cost ‘s economy?

In recent months, ‘ have swept across , culminating in a fiery standoff in Brussels amid last week’s EU summit. For many Europeans, it is still unclear when and where it all …

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Fight Back Across  – MSN
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Fight Back Across – MSN

Fight Back Across . Story by Aleks Phillips• 2d. in countries across have continued to stage including blocking roads and toppling statues, after …

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France’s  Party facing irrelevance in presidential vote
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France’s Party facing irrelevance in presidential vote

voters feel betrayed after financial crisis. VALENCIENNES, France, March 22 () – In France’s former mining heartland, promises by the Communist Party’s first presidential …

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Growing discontent among ’s  | CNN
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Growing discontent among ’s | CNN

across are continuing to protest stiff regulations and what they say is unfair competition from Ukrainian agriculture. CNN’s Michael Holmes reports. 02:40 – Source: CNN.

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from 10  countries join forces to protest … – PBS
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from 10 countries join forces to protest … – PBS

complain that the 27-nation ‘s policies on the environment, such as the Green Deal, which calls for limits on the use of chemicals and on greenhouse gas emissions, limit their business …

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Fewer, bigger, more intensive:  vows to stem drastic loss …
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Fewer, bigger, more intensive: vows to stem drastic loss …

Among longstanding member states, the decline in the number of small farms has been going on for decades. But eastern European have had even more upheaval since 2004, when many joined …

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Hungary and the : A deepening divide – GIS Reports
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Hungary and the : A deepening divide – GIS Reports

But support is declining as sanctions from Brussels intensify. Hungary joined the in 2004. The country remained a net recipient of structural assistance from then until 2022, when budget funds were withdrawn by Brussels over rule-of-law issues. In 2021, the country contributed 1.7 billion euros to the budget while receiving …

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The Great European Farmer Revolt: Jilted, Turning On The Greens
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The Great European Farmer Revolt: Jilted, Turning On The Greens

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

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Why  are protesting across  – New York Post
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Why are protesting across – New York Post

have faced numerous challenges due to environmental regulations imposed by their respective governments and the . In the Netherlands, another country beholden to …

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