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 …

Item 1 of 6 People walk between tractors during a of over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, on the day of an EU Agriculture Ministers meeting in Brussels …

10 of 16 | . A walks past tractors on a blocked highway, Thursday, Feb.1, 2024 in Chilly-Mazarin, south of Paris. have been held across the EU for most of the week and hundreds of angry driving heavy-duty tractors arrived at Union headquarters, bent on getting their complaints about excessive costs, rules and bureaucracy heard and fixed by EU leaders at a …

This summer, scores of descended on the Parliament in Strasbourg, France, to against new E.U. rules aimed at restoring natural areas and cutting emissions that contribute …

PARIS, Feb 20 (Reuters) – are across the Union, saying they are facing rising costs and taxes, red tape, excessive environmental rules and competition from cheap…

1 of 3 | . FILE – Tractors are parked during a , near the Chateau de Versailles, outside Paris, Friday, March 1, 2024. The Union’s executive arm on Friday, March 15, 2024 proposed to sacrifice even more climate and environmental measures in the bloc’s latest set of concessions to who appear bent to continue their disruptive tractor until the June EU elections.

01-29-2024 IMPACT. Why are protesting in France? Tractor roadblocks explained as Paris steps up security. in France, the Union’s biggest agricultural producer, have …

are protesting across the Union, saying they are facing rising costs and taxes, red tape, excessive environmental rules and competition from cheap food imports. Demonstrations have been taking place for weeks in countries including France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy and Greece. While many issues are country-specific, others are -wide.

Polish in the western city of Wroclaw burnt tires on the steps of the regional government office and pelted the Commission office with eggs …

Hundreds of tractors arrived in Brussels Monday and more are on their way as Union agriculture ministers meet to address ‘ concerns. It follows weeks of by across …

Amid of a wave of over higher production costs and stringent regulations, Belgian are threatening to block access to the capital as …

surround Parliament building to demand reforms. took their anger to the streets of Brussels before a E.U. summit, warning leaders not to ignore their …

Tractors are parked behind a blockade in the Quarter during a of outside a meeting of EU agriculture ministers in Brussels, February 26, 2024. /CFP on Monday blocked a border crossing between Poland and Germany, threw bottles at police in Brussels and gathered in Madrid to demand action on cheap supermarket …

February 7, 2024 3:41 pm CET. By Giorgio Leali and Victor Goury-Laffont. PARIS — Protesting Damien Radet, stationed at a highway roadblock outside Paris, had a blunt message for the politicians who lead France and the Union. He demanded a “stop and reversal” of strict EU environmental standards and protection against import …

driving in a heavy-duty tractor into the western city of Poznan as part of a nationwide against Union’s agrarian policy and imports of cheap Ukraine produce, in …

The organizers, the Milk Board, said that more than 1,000 tractors and 5,000 people took part on behalf of “more than 80,000 dairy ”. The group said milk prices are …

But for some governments, the more pressing threat is the attention that ’ have attracted from far-right and populist parties, as well as radical conspiracy theorists.

Farming makes up just 1.4 percent of the Union’s GDP, the latest figures show, but in Eastern last year over cheap Ukrainian imports – which saw lengthy blockades at border crossings – show how as a group are capable of causing major disruption.

(some media material for Russian speakers)Armageddon Newsletter is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. The ’ across the Union these past several weeks were followed with great interest in Russia and Belarus by local medi…

There have also been in Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and the Czech Republic. –Reporting for Reuters by Charlotte Van Campenhout. Tagged agriculture policy , environmental policy , EU , Commission , ,

across are taking to the streets in their tractors once again to a host of issues, including rising agricultural costs and shrinking profits, the costs of environmental regulation, and potential trade agreements that could undercut the market. As Belgium’s Prime Minister Alexander De Croo observed earlier this …

The Union is on the brink of approving a major plan to fight climate crisis and better protect nature in the 27-nation bloc after from and opposition from the biggest …

A woman holds a loaf of bread during a ‘ in front of the Representative Office of the Commission in Bucharest, Romania, on, April 7, 2023. … Like many in Eastern …

Michael Howie February 21, 2024. Hundreds of drove their tractors into central Madrid on Wednesday as part of ongoing against Union and local farming policies and to …