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.

6:45am Feb 27, 2024. clashed with police in Belgium overnight, spraying officers with liquid manure and throwing eggs and flares at them in a fresh show of force as the Union’s …

February 01, 2024 4:36 AM. By Reuters. burn garbage and tires during a outside the Parliament as leaders meet for an EU summit in Brussels, Feb. 1, 2024. BRUSSELS …

While governments have traditionally been at the forefront of the green transition, their climate policies face a growing backlash from a key constituency: the agricultural sector. In recent months, across the continent have taken to the streets in against a range of EU and state “greening” policies.

Agricultural workers in several countries say that green policies and taxes are eating into their profits, with calling for more government subsidies. have sprung up in France, Germany and Romania ahead of the 2024 Parliament election in June. The ’ demands vary in general, but they are all suffering from environmental reforms […]

Rowdy and disruptive are nothing new. Since the introduction in 1962 of the Union’s Common Agriculture Policy, or CAP, from member states have often …

are protesting across the Union, saying they are facing rising costs and taxes, red tape, excessive environmental rules and competition from cheap food imports, according to Reuters. Demonstrations have been taking place for weeks in countries including France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy and Greece.

clashed with police in Brussels near the Union’s headquarters during a against red tape and cheap imports that do not have to meet t…

’ have erupted in several countries, exposing anger about low prices for produce, rising costs, import of cheap foodstuffs and constraints imposed by the Union’s drive …

Remember climate chance carbon crisis is a hoax to gain economic control. If they really knew it was a threat airplanes would ve grounded. Because pollution is finally being addressed (nutrient runoff and neonic pesticides) , fossil fuel subsidies are being reduced, and are whiny, whiny bitches.

Antwerp, one of ’s biggest ports, said on Tuesday that there was disruption at the site due to from Belgian – the latest in a series of -wide demonstrations from demanding better pay and working conditions.

Thousands of Indian in New Delhi demanding a law guaranteeing minimum crop prices. By Rishi Lekhi, Ashok Sharma, Associated Press. Go Deeper. brexit; union; …

from The U.K to Spain have been engaging in frequent, highly publicized this summer, but do you know why? The reasons are varied, b…

IT’S SPREADING: Swedish join wide . all over have been taking part in historic against the climate agenda. Peter Imanuelsen. Feb 25, 2024. 226. 27. Share. AI generated image. Something big, something historic has been taking place all over the last few months.

Item 1 of 2 Malta’s Prime Minister Robert Abela talks with during a against agricultural policies, in Floriana, Malta February 2, 2024.

The Commission pulled back on a proposal to halve pesticide use across the bloc by 2030 and delayed requirements for to leave parts of their land unused to protect the environment …

BRUSSELS (AP) — A major Union plan to fight climate change and better protect nature in the 27-nation bloc has been indefinitely postponed Monday, underscoring how ‘ …

Brussels: Fires erupt as furious outside Parliament. Officers in riot gear are guarding barriers where leaders are due to meet near the parliament, with tractors parked in …

March 14, 2024 at 11:48 AM PDT. Listen. 2:27. The Union is set to take a further step back on its climate ambitions as it seeks to placate ’ anger over strict regulations. The EU …

Flank EU Headquarters as Agriculture Ministers Meet. Some 900 tractors clogged the Quarter in Brussels. ’ demands include less red tape, more EU support. burn …

are expected to head for Brussels on Thursday, where an extraordinary summit of the Council will be held, 1 reported on Sunday. The anger expressed by Belgian …

Spanish mobilized their tractors on Tuesday (February 6) near the northern Catalan city of Girona to block traffic on the country’s main highways, joining spreading across as anger in the sector grows. Like their counterparts Spanish say they are weighed down by regulations, low prices, and rising production costs while lacking government support.

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 allow …

BRUSSELS — Police fired water at protesting who clogged the streets of Brussels with tractors, set bonfires and toppled a statue in front of the Parliament on Thursday. As EU heads of government met nearby in the capital, from Belgium, Italy and Spain arrived at Place du Luxembourg to over their economic …

Widespread across the Union and the UK, driven by concerns over environmental regulations. In the EU, are protesting the Gre…

Hard-right politicians are seen at many farm , and the generations-old link between and the conservative traditional parties are under strain. So things are moving. On Wednesday, the Commission made two key proposals — one to shield EU from cheap Ukrainian imports and one to sidestep an environmental measure.

On February 9, across Italy, Spain and Poland took part in ongoing against farming policies in the Union. Fox News reports that in the EU are demanding measures …

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

Tractors block a road during a by Polish in Poznan, Poland, on Friday. … “There is a man who united all and Polish against the reform he proposed …

An Italian standing on a tractor waves a national flag in the center of Milan during a on February 1, 2024. – Like other countries, Italy has seen weeks of mounting that have seen increasing numbers of take to the streets and block roads over what they see as threats to their livelihoods.

light fires during a demonstration in the Quarter outside a meeting of EU agriculture ministers in Brussels, Feb. 26, 2024. According to Marieke Van De Vivere, a …

The French government has expressed concern that could contribute to the rise of the far right in the upcoming parliament elections Wed 24 Jan 2024 12.55 EST Last modified on Thu …

(Bloomberg) — At least 1,300 tractors clogged streets in Brussels near Union institutions Thursday morning as staged a aimed at the bloc’s leaders meeting nearby for a summit.Most Read from BloombergDonald Trump Loses London Case Against Ex-MI6 Spy Over Kremlin DossierA $560 Billion Property Warning Hits Banks From NY to TokyoApple’s China Slump Deepens Even as …

in Italy, Spain and Poland over Union policies By Ciarán Giles, Monika Scislowska, Associated Press Thousands of Spanish stage a 2nd day of tractor over …

The Union on Tuesday urged and small food suppliers to share their experiences of unfair trading practices amid by across claiming they are being short …

The most recent EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) that came into force in 2023 has been heavily criticised by for its environmental protection rules, defined as “extremist”. One of the most criticised points is the obligation for to abandon 4% of their fields to boost land biodiversity, another point that Italian …

France said it would push to ease Union environmental regulations on fallow farmland this week, as tractors blocked major highways out of Paris on Monday and nationwide …

in Brussels as EU agriculture ministers meet to discuss responses to the current crisis that the sector is facing.Read the best of o…

Polish police said they knew of more than 580 planned for March 20, with an estimated participation of 70,000 people. On March 14, the Commission also offered concessions to …

This is all unfolding against the backdrop of a “greening” CAP, which has already seen reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent between 1990 and 2010. Even the Commission acknowledges that “CAP provides an extensive level of ‘baseline protection’ for the environment on more than 80 percent of the EU’s …