The is on the brink of approving a major plan to fight climate change and better protect nature in the 27-nation bloc after protests from and opposition from the biggest party in parliament led it to be diluted.

Tractors blockade a highway in Argenteuil, north of Paris [WSWS Media] WSWS reporters interviewed protesting on road blockades outside of Paris, who stressed the impossible situation facing their small businesses amid war, economic crisis and the ’s “Green Deal” reforms of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) subsidies.

in Spain have joined their European counterparts in staging protests across the country. Like elsewhere, they demand more flexibility from the , tighter controls on …

As we’ve made clear, the is not . There are many key factors about the that clearly demonstrate why it is not run along economic or political principles. These are: The has a capitalist economy. The has a free labour market. The has a private banking sector.

The has caved in to angry protests from , cutting its target to scrap specific agricultural emissions which formed part of the bloc’s net zero drive. A demand to reduce nitrogen, methane and other emissions linked to farming by almost a third has been removed from a wider Brussels plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90 …

2 of 15 | . sit together having lunch after blocking a highway during a protest near Mollerussa, northeast Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. From early morning, across Spain have staged tractor protests across the country, blocking highways and causing traffic jams to demand of changes in policies and funds and measures to combat production cost hikes.

Dozens of tractors and hundreds of returned to Madrid on Sunday denouncing the ‘s agricultural politics. Organisers claimed that 1,000 people attended the protest, but the …