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 …

Against Policy Changes. By Stephanie Mercier May 1, 2024. In February 2023, I wrote a blog which described the sixty-year history of the Union’s Common …

A demonstrator throws a tyre over a barricade next to police officers in riot gear as he is sprayed with water amid smoke, during a by from Belgium and other countries …

Although the follow other demonstrations by in countries including Germany and Romania, the French have a particularly urgent and local political flavour.

‘ have mounted across the Union to press leaders to do more to help them with taxes and rising costs, among other grievances including over cheap imports and bureaucracy, reported Reuters. Here are some of the issues that have prompted the movement across the bloc and in individual countries.

MADRID -. 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 …

are angry over Union climate policies and food imports from Ukraine that they say threaten their livelihoods. Such have occurred across the 27-member EU in recent weeks …

The Commission on Friday proposed further concessions on climate and environmental measures in response to ongoing in several countries. across the bloc …

Poland, a member of NATO and the Union located along Ukraine’s western border, has been a staunch supporter of Kyiv since Russia launched its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022 …

Agrarian showered police with liquid manure and eggs outside Union headquarters in Brussels last week. taking grievances to the streets is nothing new, or …

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday proposed withdrawing the EU’s plan to halve the use of pesticides, calling it a “symbol of polarisation” as regional protested …

Here’s where and why. on February 13, 2024. The sweeping the Union may have taken political leaders by surprise. But the tinder was dry and all it took was a spark for unrest to spread like wildfire, as Hanne Cokelaere and Bartosz Brezezinski report in this Politico news story. are being burdened by debt …

The ’ , the far right and the fallout. Isabel Schatzschneider 15th February 2024. The Union must stop giving ground on its climate vows—unless it wants to help the far right ride to victory. Social substance but authoritarian style—the scene in Luxembourg Square in Brussels during a Council meeting at the …

Luke James, Brussels. Welsh were keeping a close eye on events in Brussels as they gathered for crisis talks last week. While they shared concerns over the future of their industry at the livestock market in Welshpool, from Belgium and beyond blocked the roads around the institutions with over 1,000 tractors. “There …

reveal struggles, make consumers rethink. by Associated Press. BOUSSY-SAINT-ANTOINE, France Feb 04, 2024 – 11:45 am GMT+3. Municipal workers sweep up straw during a by over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by across , Paris, France, Feb. 1, 2024. (Reuters Photo)

A throws an egg aimed at police officers as Belgian use their tractors to block outside the Union headquarters, as they over price pressures, taxes and green …

2:42. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she will withdraw a plan to halve the use of pesticides because it became a “symbol of polarization” following by …

The happening right now are mainly led by who are upset with the Union (EU) over environmental regulations. The EU wants to make stricter rules to protect the environment, especially when it comes to farming practices that might harm nature.

The ’ in France come amid other tractor demonstrations countries, such as Germany and Romania, before parliament elections in June.

The are the latest episode in a growing political backlash which has been brewing for months to the … Why ’s are protesting – and the far right is taking note.

MADRID (AP) — Hundreds of drove their tractors into central Madrid on Wednesday as part of ongoing against Union and local farming policies and to demand measures to …

The Swiss government estimates that agriculture contributes less than 1% to GDP, totalling CHF12 billion ($13.7 billion) in revenue in 2022. That’s low relative to other nations. In …

The plan to gather at the Schuman roundabout from 11 am to express their disapproval of recent decisions by the the Commission in response to their early February . In response to the last , the Commission proposed postponing the requirement to leave 4% of arable land fallow each year and imposing …

across are protesting against falling sale prices, cheap foreign imports and environmental regulations. The Union has proposed to scr…

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 …

Czech drove their tractors and other vehicles to several border crossings on Thursday, to join forces with their colleagues from neighboring countries in their against Union agriculture policies, bureaucracy and overall conditions for their business. say policies such as the Green Deal, which calls for limits …

in majority of EU states have now joined the . The primary policy target of is a so-called Farm to Fork program that seeks to halve pesticide use, reduce fertilizer use, cut by at least 10% agricultural areas and mandate a conversion of 25% of the Union’s agricultural land to “organic-only” farming.

The Parliament approved a flagship law to restore nature on Tuesday, salvaging at least part of EU plans to protect the environment after ‘ ignited a backlash.

from several regions of Italy are travelling to Rome to demand a restriction on imports from outside the Union as Italian agriculturalists join their counterparts in …

The had an immediate impact on Wednesday — the Commission, the EU’s executive branch, announced plans to shield from cheap exports from Ukraine during wartime and …

from across the 27-nation Union have protested against what they see as unnecessary bureaucratic rules, clean-air and soil targets and unfair competition from abroad that, they …

are angry over Union climate policies and food imports from Ukraine that they say threaten their livelihoods. Such have occurred across the 27-member EU in recent weeks …

Polish drive tractors in a convoy as they against the import of Ukrainian foods and Union environmental policies, in Minsk Mazowiecki, Poland [Czarek Sokolowski/AP Photo]

, with their tractors blocking the motorway, lighting fires during a in Girona, Spain, on Feb 6, 2024. … The Union has bowed to from farming communities by …

Feb 06, 2024, 06:36 PM. MADRID – Spanish blocked traffic on some of the country’s main highways on Feb 6, joining colleagues in other countries protesting against high costs …

Next it has been the turn of Belgian as thousands of them and over 1,300 tractors congregated outside the Parliament in Brussels. These most recent have become quite messy with dozens of in France arrested as they tried to block off Rungis, a main food distribution hub that feeds 12 million people.

The across come as the far right, for whom represent a growing constituency, is seen making gains in June’s Parliament elections. Leaders are trying to quell the …

Pan- organizations such as COPA-COGECA, representing conventional , and the Coordination of the international peasants’ movement La Via Campesina, stood side by side during the , demanding leaders to implement meaningful changes.