Why ‘s are taking their anger to the streets The EU is facing increasing demands from member states to change its approach to climate change in the wake of the growing .

In the US and , say they are now overburdened with red tape and rising costs when some 38% of land is farming, half in the US. … paralyzing much of Delhi …

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.

A French in her thirties and her 12-year-old daughter have died after a car crashed into a roadblock during a nationwide by French . The accident, which left the …

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 […]

A 36-year-old female was killed. Her 12-year-old daughter died later in hospital, the local prosecutor said in a statement. stand near fake coffins as they block a ring road around …

A stands next to a line of tractors as they block the A7 motorway near Albon, southeastern France. (AFP) PARIS: French in tractors and trucks expanded their roadblocks on Tuesday …

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

have been brewing across for the past several months, with France currently the epicenter of the revolt. last week blocked roads around Paris, burned tires and spread manure and straw in the foyers of administrative buildings.

EXCLUSIVE: A wave of is sweeping across , transcending national borders, as agricultural workers from Spain to Greece unite demanding urgent action against low wages …

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 …

Feb. 1, 2024, at 1:34 a.m. Analysis-‘s Angry Fuel Backlash Against EU Ahead of Elections. More. Reuters. A walks past a banner during a against higher energy costs …

French Minister for Ecological Transition and Territories’ Cohesion Christophe Bechu and ‘ leader Jerome Bayle listen to French Prime Minister’s speech during a visit in a farm in …

He plans to vote for the -Citizens Movement, known in the Netherlands by its acronym, BBB, on election day in November. Rob Schmitz/NPR. LEIDEN, The Netherlands — On a strip of land …

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 .

“No , no Future” is written on a sign attached to one of the tractors at a ‘ on Stra’e des 17. Juni in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany. J’rg Carstensen/dpa via AP

Snow-dusted tractors lined up outside the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, and nighttime in Romania marked by vivid national flags have become markers of a movement across .

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 …

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 …

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 …

The German ‘ that caused nationwide disruptions is the latest in a slew of demonstrations . Many say their backs are against the wall amid new EU measures and …

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.

But over here it was far from friendly. The intimidated and even threatened politicians. They visited them in the privacy of their own homes. Or they would wait for them with burning torches. One even drove his tractor into a municipal building. Other shared private phone numbers and addresses of politicians on the internet.

Growing Add to the EU’s Political Woes. A woman waves a French flag in support of protesting as a tractor drives by in Agen, southwerstern France, on Jan. 25, 2024. , growing in a key electoral year will likely slow the implementation of environmental reforms in the Union and make it …

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 …

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

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 …

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bloomed everywhere from ministers’ homes to provincial assemblies, using tractors, manure, burning torches, hay bales and even asbestos. Opposing this bill is the main aim of the BBB, which has pledged to block its passage through the Senate. The election result showed a clear division between light green and dark green …

The Vantage Take February 8, 2024, 09:53:33 IST. The gripping underscore the urgent need for action to address the systemic challenges facing agriculture in the region. Advertisement. In recent months, has been rocked by a wave of with agricultural workers across the continent taking to the streets …

“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 …

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.

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]

As thousands of across against low prices, cheap imports and new environmental regulations, Morgan Ody, a and coordinator of La Via Campesina, joins CNN’s Amara …

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

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 …

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.

Following across in recent months, including in Ireland, the EU has moved to reduce some of the administrative burden on . At a meeting of the EU Council of …

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 …