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 …

‘ . 02/25/2024. The EU is dealing with a rural revolt, as and agricultural producers rising costs, burdensome environmental regulations, pricing problems …

Berlin, Germany CNN —. Berlin has nearly been brought to a standstill as thousands of rally against tax rises and subsidy cuts, the culmination of a week of that have piled …

An EU-Mercosur deal would further expose to compete with imported food that is produced with pesticides actually forbidden in the EU. People gather outside the Parliament …

Luxembourg writer and commentator Bill Wirtz shares advice for U.S. after German government regulations. The Union’s executive arm shelved an anti-pesticide …

Massive disrupts Brussels traffic. with their tractors block traffic on a road in the center of Brussels, during a demonstration, Friday, March 3, 2023. Hundreds of tractors driven by angry protesting a plan to cut nitrate levels drove into Belgium’s capital city on Friday causing major traffic disruption.

Thousands of gathered in the central Netherlands on Wednesday to the Dutch government’s plans to rein in emissions of nitrogen oxide and ammonia. They drove their tractors across …

Dutch ‘ have spread to more countries. Now, in a show of solidarity, German, Italian, Spanish & Polish have launched …

Agricultural ministers from across the Union were meeting in Brussels on Monday to discuss the crisis in the sector after weeks of angry . The 27-nation EU has already weakened …

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 …

Sign up to Brilliant (the first 200 sign ups get 20% off an annual premium subscription): https://brilliant.org/tldr/German are protesting subsidy cu…

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 …