Depletion of government-owned forests has turned them into deserts, and millions of acres of grazing and land in the northern Chinese plains were made alkaline and unproductive during the “Great Leap Forward.” Central and Eastern . With Communism’s collapse, word has begun to seep out about Eastern ’s environmental …

Why are Protesting ? | Vantage with Palki Sharma across are protesting on board their tractors to press EU leaders to do more…

It seems the have European elites rattled, which is hardly surprising, given that elections are just around the corner. While the European Commission announced Tuesday it was still committed to achieving a 90% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in by 2040, it conspicuously omitted any mention of how the farming sector would …

Item 1 of 10 Tractors and other vehicles queue on the A1 highway during a protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by across , in Chennevieres-les …

Farmer protests spread in ahead of summit. [1/5]A banner reads “Macron answer us” as French block a highway with their tractors during a protest over price pressures, taxes and …

Countries across – the Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Poland – all have one point in common. Their are unhappy with their lot. The movement, triggered by concerns over low wages …

Tractor-blocked motorways, barricaded border crossings, and fertilizer-sprayed office buildings mark the beginning of the new year as ’ protests spread across . Demonstrators, dissatisfied with both and national policies, have taken to the streets from Germany to France, Italy, Romania, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Poland, and …

in post- Central and Eastern are the major beneficiaries of the ’s () Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), at least in monetary terms. Why, then, are they dissa…

have been protesting across to demand action from policymakers on an array of pressures they say the sector is under – from cheap supermarket prices, to low-cost imports that …

Advertisement. A protest that began in The Netherlands over proposals to slash emissions has spread to other parts of with cultivators in Germany, Italy, Spain and Poland taking to the streets in solidarity with their counterparts. It all kicked off in June as Dutch protested over their government’s proposals to slash …

The witnessed in the Netherlands are part of a broader trend sweeping across . in countries like Germany, France, and Poland are struggling with economic instability …

Title restructuring and land tenure in reforming economies : a comparative analysis of Eastern and Central / Euroconsult, Centre for World Food Studies. Call number IBRD(05)/W67/no.268

Despite little health or legal protections, Ukraine’s migrant workers are being forced to search for work in ’s farms and factories to avoid unemployment and social destitution.

and The History of the Centre-Left in Northern and Southern in the Late 20th Century Edited by Alan Granadino, Stefan Nygård and Peter Stadius First published 2022 ISBN: 978-1-032-02002-0 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-032-02009-9 (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-003-18143-9 (ebk) Introduction North and South in European and global social democracy

Replication of as well as divergence from the Left in and Russia. These articles all take up the challenge posed by Verhoeven, whose introduction enjoins us to consider ‘what meant in theory and in practice in Africa and Asia [as] highly heterogeneous and differed considerably from the European experience (itself very diverse too)’.

March 11, 2024 11:40 AM. Photo Credit: REUTERS/Eva Korinkova. Thousands of tractors are blocking the streets in capital cities across as against EU 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 …

German commuters faced chaos on Wednesday as the country was hit with a three-day national rail strike, adding to travel disruption in ’s biggest economy where protesting continued …

The book is primarily a bout land policies and farming structures as components of institutional change in the rural sector in transition countries — the former countries of and …

Item 1 of 5 drive their tractors as they over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by across , in Girona, Spain, February 6, 2024. REUTERS …

Brussels – policy makers are being urged to help transition away from animal agriculture and towards plant-crop farming in order to capitalise on the growing trend in plant-based eating. Speaking at an event this week at the European Parliament organised by Humane Society International/, , ecologists and …

The economic transition in Eastern and the former Union of Soviet Republics (USSR) during the last decade has profoundly changed the agricultural sector and the well-being of people in rural areas. ownership changed; selected assets, including livestock, were transferred t …

Feb. 1, 2024, at 1:34 a.m. Analysis-‘s Angry Fuel Backlash Against Ahead of Elections. More. Reuters. A farmer walks past a banner during a protest against higher energy costs …

are holding protests across , clogging the streets with their tractors, blocking ports and pelting the European Parliament with eggs over a long list of complaints from environmental …

Eastern ‘s Unplanned Economy 139 Table 1: Sectors of the Economy “Directed” Official Economy I. The Regular Economy A. Sector 1. State enterprises 2. Cooperative enterprises 3. State-run redistribution “Regulated” Second Economy B. Private Sector 1. Individual production 2. Individual marketing, services II. The …

Protesting have clashed with police outside the HQ of the in Brussels. across say their livelihoods are being destroyed …

For ’s pig , the war broke out as demand fell from China, the world’s largest pork consumer. The European industry helped make up the shortfall during China’s African swine …

‘ which have spread across , have stoked concerns in France and beyond about their political fallout, given they represent a growing constituency for the far right, expected …

In 2016, for every manager under 40 there were three managers over the age of 65 in the . The ageing of ’s is one of the greatest challenges that rural areas are facing. The CAP’s impact on generational renewal is mostly positive, but remains limited notably in regions lacking basic infrastructure and services.

The introduction of the market system in the COMECON countries of after the end of communist rule is examined for the USSR and five Eastern European countries. The market system only led to improvements in economic performance relative to Western in two out of six countries compared in 1988 and 2016.

DeSmog found the industrial farming industry overall had an average of two meetings a week with key decision-makers in ’s ruling party, the European People’s Party (EPP), since 2020, as the negotiated flagship reforms to protect nature and climate. Industry tactics, including from ’ unions, have also taken more novel …

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

Our committee work. Our MEPs on the committee believe that in an uncertain and challenging international environment, agriculture in has to be productive, sustainable and competitive. Our Group fights to ensure that have decent standards of living.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

‘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 …

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 …

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 …