Tag: Farmers
EU Commission set to scrap plan to halve pesticide use after …
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday proposed withdrawing the EU’s plan to halve the use of pesticides, calling it a “symbol of polarisation” as regional protested …
Netherlands police crack down on disrupting …
February 6, 2024 01:27:35 pm. Dutch police stopped ’ across the Netherlands on Monday regarding low prices for produce and the EU’s Green Deal. The disrupted traffic by blocking freeway exit roads and setting fires. In a statement released on Monday, the police in Gelderland highlighted the health risks and …
’s are spreading. Here’s where and why
Here’s where and why. on February 13, 2024. The sweeping the Union may have taken political leaders by surprise. But the tinder was dry and all it took was a spark for unrest to spread like wildfire, as Hanne Cokelaere and Bartosz Brezezinski report in this Politico news story. are being burdened by debt …
The ’ , the far right and the fallout
The ’ , the far right and the fallout. Isabel Schatzschneider 15th February 2024. The Union must stop giving ground on its climate vows—unless it wants to help the far right ride to victory. Social substance but authoritarian style—the scene in Luxembourg Square in Brussels during a Council meeting at the …
The Big Impact Could Have on ’s … – MSN
Agrarian showered police with liquid manure and eggs outside Union headquarters in Brussels last week. taking grievances to the streets is nothing new, or …
2024 Indian ‘ – Wikipedia
February 2024 clashes: Five died during the at the Shambhu and Khanauri borders between February 16 and 23, 2024. [11] Three deaths were attributed to cardiac arrest, according to hospital records. [41] [42] The cause of death for Shubhkaran Singh, a 21-year-old protester, is undetermined.
‘ actions showing results both in Ireland and EU – RTÉ
‘ actions already showing results both in Ireland and EU. Updated / Saturday, 3 Feb 2024 11:21. A ‘ in Portugal this week. By Joe Mag Raollaigh. Agriculture and Consumer …
Welsh consider action as erupt across
Luke James, Brussels. Welsh were keeping a close eye on events in Brussels as they gathered for crisis talks last week. While they shared concerns over the future of their industry at the livestock market in Welshpool, from Belgium and beyond blocked the roads around the institutions with over 1,000 tractors. “There …
set fires and attack barriers near EU summit as … – CNA
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 …
EU Drops Plan to Halve Pesticide Use After
2:42. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she will withdraw a plan to halve the use of pesticides because it became a “symbol of polarization” following by …
Viral Photo Of Protesting In Paris Near … – Forbes
A fake image showing tractors and hay bales near the Eiffel Tower. Photos of in France staging in Paris have gone viral recently. But one of the photos being shared that appears …
French block road linking France and Spain | Reuters
[1/5] Tractors block a highway as French over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by across , in Chamant, near Paris, France, January 26, 2024.
‘ : Balancing Environment and …
The happening right now are mainly led by who are upset with the Union (EU) over environmental regulations. The EU wants to make stricter rules to protect the environment, especially when it comes to farming practices that might harm nature.
Greek farm are a sign of ’s inflation anxiety
6 of 10 |. gather next to a national road during a in Tyrnavos town, central Greece, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022. Economists, and charity workers agree about a cost-of-living crisis : Inflation may ease later this year but the impact of the spike in food and energy prices will last.
Romanian truck drivers and as talks with the …
1 of 3 | . Protesting truck drivers slow traffic down of a road leading to Bucharest, in Afumati, Romania, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Romanian truck drivers and protested across the country again on Monday as negotiations with the coalition government over lower taxes, higher subsidies and other demands failed to reach any agreements with convoys of lorries and tractors disrupting traffic …
French farming : mother and daughter die after car …
The ’ in France come amid other tractor demonstrations countries, such as Germany and Romania, before parliament elections in June.
Give Form to General Discontent
Give Form to General Discontent . French protesting against the government’s agricultural policy block a motorway near Ableiges, north of Paris, on 26 January 2024. are organizing demonstrations in more and more countries. The have been going on for more than a month in Germany and …
Thousands of advance on Madrid for a major tractor …
MADRID (AP) — Hundreds of drove their tractors into central Madrid on Wednesday as part of ongoing against Union and local farming policies and to demand measures to …
‘Hypocritical’ politicians weaken climate policies …
The are the latest episode in a growing political backlash which has been brewing for months to the … Why ’s are protesting – and the far right is taking note.
German government rejects ‘ demands for more subsidies …
Key points: German have been told there is no state aid coming from the government. The erupted after a government decision to phase out a tax break on agricultural diesel …
French vow to continue protesting despite the …
Tyres lie on the highway during a blockade, near Agen, southwestern France, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. French have vowed to continue protesting and are maintaining traffic barricades on some of the country’s major roads. The government announced a series of measures Friday but the say these do not fully address their demands.
Port of Antwerp disrupted by Belgian ‘ | Reuters
Operations at the port of Antwerp, one of ‘s biggest container ports, were seriously impacted on Tuesday as hundreds of on tractors blocked the roads around the port to demand better …
to hold another in Brussels’ quarter …
The plan to gather at the Schuman roundabout from 11 am to express their disapproval of recent decisions by the the Commission in response to their early February . In response to the last , the Commission proposed postponing the requirement to leave 4% of arable land fallow each year and imposing …
French : Dozens arrested at Rungis food market …
Dozens of who descended on a food market outside Paris have been arrested, as tensions over for better conditions escalated. The French government had warned that disruption at …
Anger over rising costs: ‘ spreading across …
across are protesting against falling sale prices, cheap foreign imports and environmental regulations. The Union has proposed to scr…
stage new wave of – Global Times
in at least two countries staged a new wave of on Thursday, demanding more economic support from their governments and reiterating opposition to some Union (EU …
First ruling to shake bloc’s agriculture …
ADVERTISEMENT. The Netherlands’ -Citizen Movement – BoerBurgerBeweging (BBB) – has become the first activist ‘ political group to break into government after striking an agreement …
Tractor threaten to drive the EU’s green farming …
Czech drove their tractors and other vehicles to several border crossings on Thursday, to join forces with their colleagues from neighboring countries in their against Union agriculture policies, bureaucracy and overall conditions for their business. say policies such as the Green Deal, which calls for limits …
British outside parliament over food imports
Item 1 of 5 drive tractors through central London to against issues including food imports, as part of demonstrations from growers around the world, in London, Britain, March 25, 2024.
protesting all over | No no food –
protesting all over | No no foodFarmers’ has spread all over EuropeIn the Netherlands,The Dutch have created the large…
’ reach the heart of the EU as … – LifeSite
On February 1, the -wide ’ against policies threatening their existence reached Brussels, where protestors blocked many roads with tractors, started bonfires, set off …
Bulgaria’s are joining -wide – Yahoo News
Bulgaria ‘. Bulgarian family hold posters reading: “We want humane treatment of .” “I want to be a in Bulgaria” as they attend with their a week old calf in front of Agriculture Ministry in Sofia, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. Hundreds of angry took to the streets in Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia …
EU Green Policies’ Threat to Greenest Lands
in majority of EU states have now joined the . The primary policy target of is a so-called Farm to Fork program that seeks to halve pesticide use, reduce fertilizer use, cut by at least 10% agricultural areas and mandate a conversion of 25% of the Union’s agricultural land to “organic-only” farming.
’ continue across as tractors head to …
A holds a placard reading ‘Resignation’, as in front of the Council of Ministers in Sofia, Bulgaria. Photograph: Vassil Donev/EPA Share 13 Feb 2024 07.09 EST
Angry once forced India’s hardline leader … – CNN
shout slogans during a to demand minimum crop prices, near the Haryana-Punjab state border at Shambhu in Patiala district about 200 kilometres north of New Delhi on February 16 …
Traffic-blocking now closing in on EU capital in a …
The had an immediate impact on Wednesday — the Commission, the EU’s executive branch, announced plans to shield from cheap exports from Ukraine during wartime and …
disrupt traffic to Belgium’s major ports in …
from across the 27-nation Union have protested against what they see as unnecessary bureaucratic rules, clean-air and soil targets and unfair competition from abroad that, they …
EU to begin talks with farming leaders after wave of …
with their tractors drive near the Reichstag building during a in Berlin – part of a wave of farming around . Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP The Commission is due on Thursday to begin “strategic” talks with ‘ federations, agri-business firms, NGOs and experts on ways to assuage the ire on in …
on frontline as Dutch divided by war on nitrogen …
Brouwer’s emissions are nine times the threshold cited in a Dutch policy, green-lighted by the EU, to offer about 3,000 “peak polluter” livestock voluntary buy-outs from a €975m …
EU Parliament passes nature law despite political backlash
The Parliament approved a flagship law to restore nature on Tuesday, salvaging at least part of EU plans to protect the environment after ‘ ignited a backlash.
