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 …

Spanish said they would join the movement and organise in February.. The French follow similar action in other countries, including Germany and Poland, ahead of …

Item 1 of 5 A man carries a Polish flag next to burning tyres, as outside Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s office against the Union’s Green Deal and imports of …

Thu Jan 25 2024 – 22:29. Commission president Ursula von der Leyen appealed for dialogue to overcome “polarisation” on Thursday as a wave of hit , fuelled by …

in Poland and Italy have now also joined the mass seen in Netherlands, as reported on Friday, July 8. The seen in Poland and Italy, come after strikes in the Netherlands have led to many supermarkets running out of food, as the anti-government movement continues. The are protesting due to their …

ROME/VALLETTA, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) — in at least two countries staged a new wave of on Thursday, demanding more economic support from their governments and reiterating opposition to some Union (EU) policies related to agriculture and environment protection. About 1,000 Italian rallied in Rome’s busy …

The follow similar action in other countries, including Germany and Poland, ahead of Parliament elections in June in which the far right, for whom represent a …

On the Dutch-Belgian border and on roads in Greece, blocked roads. In Poland, plans were hatched to shut border crossings with Ukraine as over costs and bureaucracy …

arrive on tractors to agricultural policy in Madrid, Spain on February 21, 2024. Photography by Oscar Gonzalez Fuentes/Shutterstock Dumping manure in public spaces, hurling eggs at government buildings, blocking major roads —the who have taken to the streets to challenge free trade policies sure know …

Feb 9, 2024, 2:15 AM PST. Tractors block a highway during a ‘ in northeastern Spain this week. Emilio Morenatti/AP. have blocked roads and sprayed government …

across the continent say their livelihoods are being battered by rising costs, increased regulation, and unfair competition from abroad. Germany, Italy and Belgium are among the countries hit by , which has played into the hands of far-right parties such as France’s National Rally and the German AfD, and the unrest is …

Furious across the Union are driving their home to their countries’ leaders. They say EU policies, which national governments must enforce, could put many of them out …

January 22, 2024 2:54 pm CET. By Victor Goury-Laffont. PARIS — French will “for as long as necessary,” the leader of the biggest farming union warned on Monday, as rural discontent hits the campaign agenda ahead of June’s election. New Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and far-right leader Jordan Bardella engaged in a …

across the continent say their livelihoods are being battered by rising costs, increased regulation, and unfair competition from abroad. Germany, Italy and Belgium are among the countries hit by , which has played into the hands of far-right parties such as France’s National Rally and the German AfD, and the unrest is …

across France and Germany stage widespread , citing grievances over economic hardships, policy changes, and competition. In France, …

Since the start of 2024, have been demonstrating in almost every country, winning concessions from national governments and opening the debate on measures at the EU level.

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 …

Last modified on Wed 14 Feb 2024 11.25 EST. Tractors have blockaded the Belgian port of Antwerp, as continue their in half a dozen countries. have taken place …

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

From Berlin and Paris to Brussels and Bucharest, have driven their tractors to the streets in in recent weeks. In Germany, an estimated 30,000 protestors and thousands of …

clashed with police in Brussels this week – the latest in a series of high-profile over the past few months. say they want changes to Union agricultural …

in the Union flooded markets, unfair green policy, and forced fallow. : A slogan which reads “Hunger will be our fate” is displayed on a tractor as block the entrance of a Leclerc supermarket in Le Mans, northwestern France, earlier this year. Fearing financial ruin, across are protesting …

FILE – Tractors are parked near the Parliament during a by as leaders meet for an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Fickle regulations are a key complaint heard from protesting over the past weeks, setting up a key theme for the upcoming June 6-9 parliamentary elections in the 27 …

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 **

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 …

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 ’ …

The — which have been happening in France for two weeks — aim to put pressure on the Union (EU). Now say they are planning to go to Brussels, where EU leaders will be …

French are blocking roads across the country to demand government action to address numerous grievances, as in the Union’s agricultural sector spread.

By Karl Mathiesen and Eddy Wax. Under intense pressure from , the Commission has dropped key passages in a proposal for a new 2040 goal for cutting greenhouse gas pollution. “All sectors” would need to contribute to the effort, the EU executive’s plan says. But a mention of a possible 30 percent cut to agricultural pollution …

Jan. 31, 2024, at 6:33 a.m. Step up Against Costs, Green Rules. More. Reuters. Tractors and other vehicles queue on the A1 highway during a over price pressures …

3:40. drove their tractors to the Union headquarters in Brussels, setting fires and throwing eggs, to EU agricultural and trade policies they say are threatening their …

2 of 8 | . Polish block roads with tractors in Kazun Polski near Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday March 20, 2024 as they escalate a three-month against Ukrainian imports and Union climate policies.

World Mar 15, 2024 6:38 PM EDT. BRUSSELS (AP) — The Union’s executive arm on Friday proposed weakening even more climate and environmental measures in the bloc’s latest set of …

spray police with manure during a of in the Quarter outside a meeting of EU agriculture ministers in Brussels, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. Union agriculture ministers meet in Brussels Monday to discuss rapid and structural responses to the crisis situation facing the agricultural sector.

This is the third story in a three-part Mongabay miniseries on the Dutch nitrogen crisis and of 2022: The Dutch, and , green agenda crashes into the continent’s food systems.

Convoys with hundreds of angry driving heavy-duty tractors arrived at the Union headquarters in Brussels. #Live # # Read more …

In both countries, have been co-opted by far-right movements seeking to use the ’ discontent for political gain ahead of the election in June. The Brussels was no exception, and was joined by Marion Maréchal, the niece of Marine Le Pen and also the lead candidate of the French far-right Reconquête party …

Belgium. Belgian blocked roads in and out of Brussels on 30 January, the Brussels Times reported, before the city was taken over by a wider on 1 February. . Hundreds of “angry ” gathered outside the parliament building, starting fires and throwing eggs in against “taxes, rising costs and cheap imports”, Sky News

Item 1 of 4 drive tractors in front of government office, where they dump manure, during a against Union agricultural policies and grievances shared by across …