Stung by images of grain mountains and wine lakes, Brussels encouraged to diversify and offer leisure facilities. But now, with commodity prices volatile, food security is a big issue …

25 January 2024. After mass ’ in Germany saw tractors blockading avenues in Berlin, similar large actions by have spread to France and across . Anger is exploding …

’s largest economy, which was in a technical recession in early 2023 as its blue-chip index hit a record high, … As the ’ carried on across Germany, a three-day rail …

RN leader Jordan Bardella vowed on Sunday to stand by on a visit to the Gironde region near Bordeaux. He likened the to “a cry from the French people who do not want their way …

use their tractors to block a highway near the border with the Netherlands as they over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by across , in …

Belgian in the EU district as Agriculture Ministers met, on March 26, 2024 in Brussels. … “In order to have a strong , there is a need for a strong agriculture …

Portuguese used tractors to block at least three roads linking Portugal to Spain on Thursday, joining -wide over a range of grievances, from cheaper imports to insufficient …

[1/5] use their tractors to block the C-33 highway as they drive to Barcelona during a over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by across …

Jan. 26, 2024. by angered by complex regulations, administrative hassles and low wages spread across France on Friday, blocking several highways, snarling traffic for miles and …

Item 1 of 7 Polish over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by across and against the import of agricultural produce and food products …

in Brussels using 1,300 tractors to clog the streets as the bloc’s leaders met for a summit, on Feb. 1. … new Union regulations in its Green Deal and imports diluting …

walk between tractors as they arrive for a in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. drove thousands of tractors into Berlin on Monday in the climax of a week of demonstrations against a plan to scrap tax breaks on the diesel they use, a that has tapped into wider discontent with Germany’s government.

Disgruntled are protesting across , demanding better compensation and conditions. Citing low wages, rising fuel costs, and increased environmen…

organize themselves to form a giant “SOS” signal with their tractors as coordinated stunt replicated in various locations across Switzerland, protesting against their work conditions and here specifically the price of milk, echoing numerous across in the recents weeks, in a field between the villages of Echallens and Goumoens-la-Ville, Switzerland, Feb. 29, 2024.

Monday’s clashes are the latest in a series of rallies and demonstrations by across . Brussels police said that 900 tractors had entered the city, many heading for the …

The current ’ and the Indian ’ in 2020-21 and now again in 2024 have several specific features that reveal their differences, but they have a major commonality—they represent the revolt by against the urban bias in agricultural governance in the industrialised West and the emerging economies of Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

FILE – gather outside the Parliament for a as leaders meet for an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024.

Alex Lantier, R. Ramesh. 29 January 2024. Protesting set up dozens of road blockades on major highways surrounding cities in France and Belgium yesterday. The came together with …

burned bales of hay, threw eggs and firecrackers at police — and wrested some promises of relief from leaders, the culmination of weeks of across the continent over …

from Italy, Spain and other countries took part in the demonstration in Brussels, as well as continuing their at home. In Portugal, made their way to the Spanish …

In France, the Netherlands, Germany, and Poland, we’ve seen a wave of recently from angry . So what’s driving the activity? On this episode of Lots More, we speak with Lorcan Roche …

Angry outside Union summit 04:26. Paris — France’s two main ‘ unions have called on members to end their weekslong and lift roadblocks they’ve thrown up …

French are moving hundreds of tractors into place as a blockade of major roads, termed the “siege of Paris”, gets under way.Similar demonstrations ar…

Dutch have been generating global headlines with described by Prime Minister Mark Rutte as “wilfully endangering others, damaging our infrastructure and threatening people who …

from 10 EU countries, ranging from Central to the Baltics and the Balkans, were participating in the , organizers said. The invited Czech Agriculture Minister Marek …

As ‘ against the Dutch Cabinet’s nitrogen policy continue, the Union is moving towards ending the Netherlands’ exceptional position when it comes to spreading manure. From as early as next year, Dutch may have to spread less manure on their land, sources close to the government confirmed to ANP after reports by NOS.

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 .

Polish block the A2 motorway to over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by across and against the import of agricultural produce and food …

Italy. The streets of Milan were the target of Italian tractor-driving on Thursday as they gathered to against the EU’s agricultural policy and increased production costs. …

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

across are angry over EU climate policies and food imports from Ukraine that they say threaten their livelihoods. Such have occurred across the 27-member EU in recent weeks, but the one on Wednesday in Warsaw was decidedly angrier than earlier demonstrations in this central nation.

France is increasing pressure on the Commission to address complaints raised by protesting , including about imports from Ukraine and a trade deal being negotiated with Latin …

The Polish say they will continue their industrial actions until March 10th. Similar have taken place across the bloc in recent weeks. complain that the 27-nation EU’s …

Protesting , who drove their tractors into the heart of the city and filled streets with manure, are angry at low food prices, cheap imports and new EU environmental measures. Barbed wire …

Many of the across are driven by smaller , disillusioned at national and EU agricultural policy, together with the purchasing power of large super market chains and the …

30) PARIS (AP) — have captured France’s attention by showering government offices with manure and besieging Paris with traffic-snarling barricades of tractors and hay bales. The say their protests aren’t a moment too soon. Grievances have long been brewing in the ’s leading agricultural power.

For instance, the expects overall cereal production to be 4.3 percent below the 5-year average this season, mainly because of adverse weather conditions. Simply put, there’s no food without , just as there’s no farming without nature. Currently, the European Commission estimates that 60 to 70 percent of European soil is unhealthy …

A large part of the ‘s budget is devoted to supporting agriculture. Yet receive a given amount per hectare – so large farms receive way more money than the small ones, to the extent that 25 percent of all receive only 1.3 percent of the available funds.

’ protests against rising costs in the agricultural sector and falling prices for their produce are spreading across the . The Commission’s reaction to the protests in late January was to propose to allow Member States to extend by one more year the derogation of good agricultural and environmental conditions (GAEC) standard 8 on devoting a minimum share of arable land to non …

Organic can also benefit from advice on best practice or on how to adopt new and innovative solutions. This can improve efficiency and therefore boost profit margins. The agricultural European innovation partnership (EIP-AGRI) works to foster competitive and sustainable farming and forestry that ‘achieves more and better from less’.