It comes as erupt in across , rallying for things such as better pay and more protection against cheap imports. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our …

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 …

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BERLIN -. German commuters faced chaos on Wednesday as the country was hit with a three-day national rail strike, adding to travel disruption ’s biggest economy where protesting …

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.

: ECVC puts forth concrete suggestions to guarantee fair prices to peasant Rice imports lead to bankruptcy, endangers food sovereignty: Serikat Petani Indonesia Treaties and Tractors: The against free trade agreements, WTO at the root of it all Rejection of free trade agreements and the demand for a decent income at the heart of ’ mobilizations …

The are expected to congregate on the outskirts of Rome pending further later in the week in scenes reminiscent of similar that have paralysed cities across …

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.

At the time of writing, 5,728 ’ had been recorded globally so far this year by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED). However, over 4,000 have been logged for alone, constituting a 300% increase in incidents for the region compared to 2023 as whole. A host of variables are fuelling …

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 …

A ’ in Berlin, Germany, 15 January 2024. Photograph: Michele Tantussi/Getty Images. As the relatively fringe association of small , the AbL, has made clear, there would be …

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 …

Their tractors have been bearing down on ‘s capitals. From Berlin to Bucharest, from Warsaw to Brussels, are venting their fury at having their margins squeezed by inflation and big …

Spanish have begun disrupting traffic on the main AP-7 motorway connecting Spain and France as part of a series of continent-wide . For the past two days, have parked on …

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.

FILE – A woman holds bread during a in Bucharest, Romania, April 7, 2023. Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Bulgaria have banned Ukraine’s food exports to protect their own markets …

In a sign of the levels of anger driving the , about 100 on Thursday night blocked the vice-chancellor and economy minister, Robert Habeck, from disembarking from a ferry in …

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 …

14 Feb 2024 — German are protesting against government plans to abolish diesel subsidies and motor vehicle tax exemptions in agriculture, but environmental groups claim such measures are necessary for sustainable food systems. NGOs also stress that public funds must be allocated to support in their transition to more …

A bystander watches as from the Midi-Pyrenees region of southwest France dump manure and rotting produce outside a government administrative building as they take part in a against …

are continuing outside the parliament in Brussels, as from across the continent converged to demonstrate against the bloc’s environmental regulations and red tape.

MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish ‘ associations said on Tuesday they were planning to take to the streets in February in against strict regulations and lack of government support as unrest continues to spread across . The largest ‘ groups – Asaja, COAG and UPA – share the same grievances as their peers in other countries, saying environmental regulations …

Dozens of people gathered in Valencia, summoned by the 6F platform, an independent movement that emerged following across . Organisations from at least 10 …

The latest comes three weeks after lifted roadblocks around Paris and elsewhere in the country after the government offered over 400 million euros ($433 million) to address their …

The retreat by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is part of a wider … The decision is the latest rollback in the EU’s green agenda prompted by widespread from .

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 …

EU leaders met nearby. Angry have started fires outside the Parliament building in Brussels in against taxes, rising costs and cheap imports. About 1,300 tractors have …

The comes as months of heated demonstrations , including blockades, saw angry in Greece, Germany, Portugal, Poland and France demonstrating against Union …

A tractor blockade has seriously disrupted operations at the Belgian port of Antwerp, ’s second largest, authorities said, as angry continued their in half a dozen …

Dutch protesting against the government’s plans to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxide and ammonia gather for a demonstration at Stroe, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 22, 2022.

In 2021, there were nearly 112,000 working in the industry, now there are 104,000. 2023 data from Strutt & Parker estate agents showed that non- bought more than half of the …

Why ‘s are protesting. Thousands of in France took to the streets to a variety of alleged grievances against their industry, claiming that the French government has …

Brussels saw a chaotic on Thursday as demonstrators clashed with police, throwing stones and objects in front of the Parliament. Th…