Populist advances. The ’ represent an opportunity for ’s populists, especially in the run-up to the elections for the Parliament on June 6-9.

MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish ‘ associations said on Tuesday they were planning to take to the streets in February in against strict regulations and lack of government support as unrest continues to spread across . The largest ‘ groups – Asaja, COAG and UPA – share the same grievances as their peers in other countries, saying environmental regulations …

are continuing outside the parliament in Brussels, as from across the continent converged to demonstrate against the bloc’s environmental regulations and red tape.

Commission plans concessions. The rallies are part of farm across the 27-nation EU that have shown how just a few hundred tractors can bring traffic to a standstill in capitals …

kept up Thursday to demand government help in dealing with rising prices and easing environmental rules. The came as EU leaders gathered for summit meeting in …

The retreat by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is part of a wider … The decision is the latest rollback in the EU’s green agenda prompted by widespread from .

The come as rising costs of fuel and other industrial inputs have exacerbated costs for producers of goods throughout much of . On Feb. 10, the Commission forecast that inflation would peak at 4.8 percent in the euro area in the first quarter of 2022; the 4.6 percent rise in prices recorded in the fourth quarter of 2021 …

Dozens of people gathered in Valencia, summoned by the 6F platform, an independent movement that emerged following across . Organisations from at least 10 …

“The conversations that EU Member States are having and the [] Commission is having in terms of sustainability standards and trying to reduce nitrogen emissions for example is what has precipitated a lot of , particularly in Northern – the Netherlands in particular, there’s fear that that greenhouse policies …

The comes as months of heated demonstrations , including blockades, saw angry in Greece, Germany, Portugal, Poland and France demonstrating against Union …

EU leaders met nearby. Angry have started fires outside the Parliament building in Brussels in against taxes, rising costs and cheap imports. About 1,300 tractors have …

Brussels saw a chaotic on Thursday as demonstrators clashed with police, throwing stones and objects in front of the Parliament. Th…

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

Union of Democrats. Green Deal activists. The 2024 Polish are a series of ongoing and road blockages which occurred in early 2024 when Rural Solidarity, the largest ‘ union in Poland, called a strike to against the Green Deal and continued grain imports from Ukraine. [1]

Italian are the latest group to cause chaos in a -wide over EU regulations, as James Mates reports. The march of the tractors is becoming a genuine pan- movement. It …

Jeroen van Maanen, an organic with 130 cows, who helped organise the Stroe , said nitrogen has become more than a gas. It has overtaken every other agricultural problem. law demands that protect vulnerable natural areas, by improving ground water quality and soil quality, and through careful land management.

As a few blocks away, the Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, addressed their challenges in a press conference following today’s summit.

in Italy, Spain and Poland demonstrated Friday as part of ongoing against Union farming policies and to demand measures to combat production cost hikes, reduced profits …

French are blocking roads across the country to demand government action to address numerous grievances, as in the Union’s agricultural sector spread. Here are some of the issues that have prompted the growing movement and how the government could respond.

A major Union plan to fight climate change and better protect nature in the 27-nation bloc has been indefinitely postponed. … pitchfork and broom is seen during a in …

livid. The action is the most recent agricultural in the EU, but not the largest or the most controversial. The farming first started in Berlin late last year …

Updated 5:55 AM PDT, May 10, 2024. WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Tens of thousands of disgruntled Polish marched through downtown Warsaw on Friday to the Union’s climate policies and oppose the pro-EU government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

The prompted the government to distribute an additional 269 million euros ($290 million) in subsidies for as many as 140,000 and for the Commission, the EU executive, to …

Spanish in Madrid despite EU concessions 03/17/2024 March 17, 2024. … “We are being suffocated by rules,” the from Pozo de Guadalajara, 50 kilometers (30 miles …

Dutch over government policies and rising “agflation” destroying their businesses have spread to more countries. The are protesting about rising costs and …

Protesting blockaded roads and camped outside the parliament building in Brussels on Thursday, ahead of a EU leaders’ summit in the Belgian …

The agri-discontent sweeping across the Union is a complex issue, influenced by various national and -wide factors. In eastern- countries the are linked to the liberalisation of imports of Ukrainian grain; in Germany, France and Greece to cuts in diesel subsidies.

The -driven in Germany echo those that rocked Dutch politics last year and helped lead to the victory of far-right politician Geert Wilders in parliamentary elections in November. C ourthouse News reporter Cain Burdeau is based in the Union.

France’s follow similar action in other countries, including Germany and Poland, six months ahead of elections in which the far right – for whom represent a …

Last modified on Mon 26 Feb 2024 10.44 EST. have clashed violently with police in the quarter of Brussels, spraying officers with liquid manure and setting fire to mounds of tyres …

dumped tires on the streets of Brussels before setting them on fire on Monday, as they protested against competition from cheap food imports…

Published 7:47 AM PDT, April 7, 2023. BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — in Romania and Bulgaria staged Friday to express their anger over the Union’s response to a glut of agricultural products from Ukraine that they say are flooding local markets and undercutting prices. About 100 converged in Romania’s capital …

The vote was closely watched as it took place amid , who have made the Green Deal one of its main objects of criticism. Still, the law approved on Tuesday had been heavily …

Violent confrontations between and law enforcement officers have been reported in other countries, according to Reuters. Similar have popped up in other countries …

Published: February 12, 2024 11:15am EST. took various demands to Brussels on February 1, 2024, clogging the streets with 1,300 tractors as EU leaders met for a summit. On …

in Brussels as EU agriculture ministers meet to discuss responses to the current crisis that the sector is facing.# # …

held demonstrations outside the Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday as against environmental legislation and other grievances spread across the continent. While the event …

A few days ago, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen praised the ‘ “remarkable resilience” and announced that “the can count on support.” Moreover, she …

A major Union plan to better protect nature in the 27-nation bloc and fight climate change was indefinitely postponed Monday, underscoring how ’ sweeping the continent …

The in the Union’s biggest agricultural producer come at a time when President Emmanuel Macron is wary of ‘ growing support for the far-right ahead of the …