Experts say the ongoing and escalating are part of a bigger problem . These ongoing and escalating are part of a bigger problem . In 2020, the EU approved the Green Deal, which is a set of policy initiatives that seeks to make the EU climate-neutral by 2050.

drive their tractors during a called by local branches of major unions amid nationwide in France [Frederick Florin/AFP] Published On 1 Feb 2024 1 Feb 2024

Last year, the -Citizen Movement, a populist party supporting , achieved a landslide victory in the country’s provincial elections The events must be viewed through an …

The , which started in France but soon spread across the EU, have disrupted traffic and led to confrontations with police in recent weeks amid rising tensions ahead of today’s EU …

Reuters. French Regis Bomy, 61, walks, as nationwide over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by across continues, in Chamant, near …

Fearing a spillover from in Germany, Poland, and Romania, the government withdrew a draft farming law planned for debate this week and invited farming representatives for talks.

The seen in the Netherlands have led many supermarkets to run out of food, as the anti-government movement continues. The began on Sunday, July 3, as Dutch were angered by government plans that would require them to use less fertiliser and reduce livestock. The blocked various supermarket distribution …

April 25, 2023. After more than a year of surprisingly solid unity in support of Ukraine, grains of discord are piling up in the barn of Robert Vieru, a Romanian with 500 tons of …

WATCH: : Tractors block major highways across France, Belgium – Jan 29, 2024. blocked more traffic arteries across Belgium, France and Italy on Wednesday, as they sought …

discontent has also affected non-EU Switzerland, where around 30 tractors paraded in Geneva on Saturday in the country’s first such since the movement started elsewhere .

The drew widespread public support in France, even from truckers like Donf whose livelihood was threatened by the highway blockades that were part of the . Donf lives in the Paris suburb of Boussy-Saint-Antoine but comes from the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion, where farming is important and many people buy …

According to CBS data, on the one hand, the number of has roughly halved since 2000 to 52,000. The average livestock keeps over 162 head of cattle in his barns, almost twice as many as at that time. For pigs, the average has more than tripled to 3365 animals. We have less but more farm animals.

With the average age of a sitting at 57, the pressure on young is increasing, placing the future of EU agriculture on shaky soil ( 60-70% of which is in poor health, due to poor management practices, pollution, climate change and urbanisation). For decades the CAP has encouraged to produce more for less.

ROME — More than 1,000 tractors were massed at the gates of Rome on Friday, preparing to march on the Italian capital, as a wave of demonstrations by agricultural producers spreads across . While have eased in France and Germany, they have been gaining intensity in Italy, even as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s -friendly …

Far-right groups have discussed toppling the German government as they seek to harness the anger of ongoing over subsidy cuts. A took place in Berlin on Monday amid fears …

The -Citizen Movement or BoerburgerBeweging (BBB) grew out of mass demonstrations against the Dutch government’s environmental policies, that saw using their tractors to …

News > News. 7 February 2024. German , tractors and trucks block Berlin avenue in over plans to increase the tax on green diesel and to cut tax breaks for agricultural vehicles. The French- siege of Paris ended late last week, with achieving key concessions from the French government on several farming issues.

The recent surge in against the EU’s anti- stance reached a crescendo as French took centre stage in front of the Parliament on January 24. Their grievances include …

A WAVE of agricultural has swept and the wider world, as a host of issues conspire to pit against national politics. -led in Germany, Italy, Spain and Poland have sprung up in the wake of action by Dutch , who were first to take to the streets to complain about the impact of new emissions rules.

is witnessing an unprecedented wave of . The past week has seen a surge in demonstrations across the continent, from France to Romania, with a significant escalation in Germany.

He said regulations should be simplified, after weeks of across have blockaded motorways. Although agriculture had not been on the agenda of the leaders’ summit, …

A Swiss with a sweatshirt reading “today I only speak to my cows” attends a Geneva over pay, tax and regulations, Feb. 3, 2024, as take part in demonstrations across .

Item 1 of 2 A sits on a tractor as he attends a Maha Panchayat or grand village council meeting as part of a against farm laws in Muzaffarnagar in the northern state of Uttar …

The -citizen movement (BBB) was only set up in 2019 in the wake of widespread ‘ . But with most votes counted they are due to win 15 of the Senate’s seats with almost 20% of …

French pay tribute to Alexandra Sonac, a French , and her 12-year-old daughter Camille, who were killed when a car crashed into a ’ roadblock south of Toulouse, amid nationwide over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by across , in Beauvais, France.

Signs proclaimed, in English, “No no food”, and “How dairy you”, and in Dutch, “Proud of the ”. Anje Grin, who raises 250 dairy cows on a large farm near the centre of …

in the Netherlands Show Just How Messy the Climate Transition Will Be. 8 minute read. … Populists in the U.S. and , including France’s Marine Le Pen, are seizing on the …

The 2020–2021 Indian ‘ was a against three farm acts that were passed by the Parliament of India in September 2020. The acts, often called the Farm Bills, [25] had been described as “anti- laws” by many unions, [26] [27] and politicians from the opposition who said that it would leave at the “mercy …

have also broken out in recent weeks in Portugal, Germany and Greece. Image. A near the Parliament building in Brussels on Thursday.

The Spanish ’s associations in Spain announced on Tuesday that they were also planning in February against the strict regulations and lack of governmental support. Source …

across this week have highlighted how and households are both hurting these days because of multiple factors, including persistent inflation, high interest rates and …

are sweeping across much of this week, mainly to join in solidarity with Dutch in the Netherlands, because new government policies to reduce “nitrogen” emissions threaten to shut down almost 50% of the nation’s .

The that started in France and spread across in mid-January reflect a multifaceted set of grievances shared by farming communities. The main issues fuelling the are bureaucratic difficulties and concerns about protecting ’ livelihoods in the face of the rising cost of living .[1] Since the start of the Russia-Ukraine […]

CNN’s Rosemary Church talks to Danielle Resnick, senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute, about what’s motivating the in countries from …