across are protesting over a series of issues, including seeking measures against foreign competition and speedier compensation for damage from natural disasters, facing high production costs, constraints placed on them by Union measures to tackle climate change, and what they say is unfair competition from abroad, particularly Ukraine, after the EU decided in 2022 to …

Around 10:30, tried to break the police barrier at the Parliament, reported Belga News Agency. Projectiles were also thrown at the police again, and also threw all kinds of street furniture. A few tried to pull away the police barricade. In doing so, the police briefly deployed tear gas.

The EU should change conditions imposed on to benefit from Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) funding, Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski said in an interview with French …

gather during a against the Union’s agricultural policies, grievances shared by across , at the Czech-Slovak border near Holic, Slovakia, February 22, 2024.

By Guy Hedgecoe. BBC News, Aranda de Duero. in Spain have joined their counterparts in staging across the country. Like elsewhere, they demand more flexibility …

Reporters spoke to academics, policymakers and about the upcoming elections and the future of farming across the bloc. In this Q&A, Carbon Brief explores what these elections could mean for EU agricultural policy, the impact of the recent and the possible pathways for farming .

EU leaders vowed to ease the burden of environmental rules in an attempt to quell by , who demolished statues and started fires in Brussels during a summit on Thursday. …

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 …

Other countries have staged mirroring the blockades currently taking place across France. In Italy, have blocked roads near Milan, with spanning across north and …

‘ across sparked a surge in popularity of right-wing populist parties and have made agricultural policy one of the main topics of the upcoming election campaign.

The reasons for their remain largely the same. Brussels has taken note of the ‘ demands, including several meetings with politicians, such as the president of the …

across several countries have taken to the streets in recent weeks as they again the EU’s Green Deal. Hundreds of tractors and other agricultural vehicles rolled into …

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 …

In an enduring display of dissent that has spanned several months, agricultural across show no signs of stopping. On Feb. 26, a massive procession of tractors converged on the Union (EU) building in Spain, marking a continued opposition to Agenda 2030, a plan developed by the United Nations (UN) to implement more than a dozen sustainable development goals under the …

Many , especially the small ones and those part of family , are suffering. … driving in a heavy-duty tractor into the western city of Poznan as part of a nationwide …

Large demonstrations by have taken place in several countries in recent days, and have now reached Belgium. The ‘ are mainly fuelled by low farm incomes. The sector is also critical of the Common Agricultural Policy and rejects free trade agreements such as Mercosur.

A sits in a tractor with a sign that reads “we feed you, but we die”, as they leave the area after attending a by from Belgium and other countries over price …

loss of agricultural land. and conservative lawmakers in the Union strongly opposed the landmark nature legislation that bolsters the bloc’s green transition and …

French President Emmanuel Macron is putting pressure on the Union to postpone the conclusion of a free trade agreement with the South American economic alliance Mercosur in light of ‘ . “We do not want the agreement to be signed in its current form,” Macron said on Tuesday in Stockholm during a state visit to Sweden. In a week-long fight for better working …

The Union prides itself on being a champion for the environment. But that reputation is now being firmly tested, after it toned down its climate policies following angry …

POLAND: associations announced they would again block roads to prevent the entry of Ukrainian goods.This one-month measure will start from Friday, February 9. The new wave of comes after the Commission recently decided to keep Ukrainian agri-food imports exempt from quotas and tariffs.

rise up. Earlier this week, German joined up with the Dutch to blockade a roundabout in Heerenberg on the German-Netherlands border in of the Netherlands’ nitrogen emissions cap policy that will lead to mass job loss across the country.

Poland experienced its most violent by and supporters on Wednesday, the Union has ruled. Police detained over a dozen people and prevented the from accessing …

The Commission has taken note of ’ against the Green Deal in a number of member states in recent months and, in February, dropped its requirement to cut pesticide use by …

The Union’s executive arm gave the green light Tuesday to farm buyout schemes worth nearly 1.5 billion euros ($1.65 billion). The Dutch plans to reduce nitrogen deposits — mainly from livestock — on areas of vulnerable nature have sparked heated debate and widespread by angry in this small nation.

31 Jan 2024. French are threatening to take their tractor to the heart of the Union and impose a blockade on Brussels as they have done to Paris in opposition to the green agenda favoured by globalists like President Emmanuel Macron. The uprising in France continued to grow this week, as an estimated 12,000 …

Furious have started fires outside the Parliament building in Brussels in against taxes, rising costs and cheap imports.Some 1,300 t…

On Wednesday morning, about 80 parked their tractors at a motorway intersection outside the town of Legionowa, 30km north of Warsaw. They had come to the Union’s Green …

are dissatisfied with the green course of the Commission and demand concessions from both the EU and their governments. In France and Poland, the have reached the largest scale. Polish also demand restricting the import of goods from Ukraine. On Wednesday, March 6, they staged a large-scale in the …

People shout slogans during a by outside the Parliament as leaders meet for an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Union leaders meet in Brussels for a one day summit to discuss the revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027, including support for Ukraine.

India’s coincide with similar demonstrations by their counterparts , but, other than rising costs of cultivation, the concerns raised by and Indian are …

More than 70,000 were expected to EU policies in Poland on Wednesday. The Commission has proposed a cap on duty-free imports of some Ukrainian produce after months of …

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — The Union is on the brink of approving a major plan to fight climate change and better protect nature in the 27-nation bloc after from and opposition from the biggest party in parliament led it to be diluted.

The are an initiative of Walloon . They set off on Sunday morning with hundreds of tractors and with a clear mission: to make it clear to Walloon, federal and policymakers that things cannot continue like this. As in France and Germany, the Belgian are protesting against strict environmental rules.

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

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

Romania, another country that has witnessed over the issue, has so far stopped short of a ban. While Ukraine has acknowledged the concerns of , authorities in Kyiv …

Romanian in the front of the Commission headquarters in Bucharest on April 7. in Romania and Bulgaria protested on April 7 against a glut of agricultural products …

‘ has witnessed a surge in ‘ recently. At the start of the year, mass strikes took place in Germany, France, Romania, Greece, and Poland.

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 …