On February 19, hundreds of tractors rolled down the streets in Prague protesting the E.U. climate policies and high energy costs. Two days later, hundreds more tractors blocked roads in Spain. On March 6, in Poland also took to the streets to oppose the E.U.’s climate agenda. Belgium, France, Italy, and Greece have all seen similar …

’ against rising costs in the agricultural sector and falling prices for their produce are spreading across the EU. The Commission’s reaction to the 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 …

Other countries have staged mirroring the blockades currently taking place across France. In Italy, have blocked roads near Milan, with spanning across north and …

Show more videos from . around France sought to put pressure on the government over a wide range of grievances concerning the future of their industry.

‘ across sparked a surge in popularity of right-wing populist parties and have made agricultural policy one of the main topics of the upcoming election campaign.

Link Copied! Isa Soares has the latest on in Poland demonstrating against the EU Green Deal and Ukrainian grain imports. 03:04 – Source: CNN. Stories worth watching 16 videos. Thousands of …

block the A2 Highway with their tractors during a in Fondarella, Spain, on Feb. 6. will simplify rules for seeking to cut red tape for subsidies to address a key …

EU leaders vowed to ease the burden of environmental rules in an attempt to quell by , who demolished statues and started fires in Brussels during a summit on Thursday. …

The in the Union’s biggest agricultural producer come at a time when President Emmanuel Macron is wary of ’ growing support for the far right ahead of the …

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 …

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 …

Item 1 of 4 A man adds hay to pallets set on fire as French on the A16 highway over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by across , in …

“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

Updated: Thu 18 Jan 2024 16:10 CET. demonstrate against government plans to scrap diesel tax subsidies for agriculture vehicles in Frankfurt, western Germany, on January 11, 2024. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) Activists are rallying on social media to hold a in Vienna on Sunday. Here’s what’s happening and why the …

The reasons for their remain largely the same. Brussels has taken note of the ‘ demands, including several meetings with politicians, such as the president of the …

across several countries have taken to the streets in recent weeks as they again the EU’s Green Deal. Hundreds of tractors and other agricultural vehicles rolled into …

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 …

Many , especially the small ones and those part of family , are suffering. … driving in a heavy-duty tractor into the western city of Poznan as part of a nationwide …

Thousands of tractors clog the roads across as the continent’s take to the streets in . Many feel they can no longer make a living work…

LISBON, Portugal (AP) – High energy costs are stoking unrest in parts of , with Spain deploying more than 23,000 police officers amid a truckers’ strike Friday and in France and Greece snarling traffic with their . Russia’s war in Ukraine has further pushed up costs for oil and natural gas , driving record …

Large demonstrations by have taken place in several countries in recent days, and have now reached Belgium. The ‘ are mainly fuelled by low farm incomes. The sector is also critical of the Common Agricultural Policy and rejects free trade agreements such as Mercosur.

Climate & CO2 Agriculture. The large-scale by Germany’s agriculture industry are casting a spotlight on the difficulties faced by the government to reconcile decarbonisation efforts with budget restrictions and social cohesion. As thousands of hit the streets in January, concerns have been raised over attempts by far-right …

And they’re inspiring by other across , including in Germany, Poland and Italy. I have praised the current Dutch government for being sensible on matters like climate change.

across are holding to highlight financial struggles, which they argue stem from inflation, competition from low-cost imports and an inability to earn a liveable income.

January 14, 20243:05 AM PSTUpdated 4 months ago. BUCHAREST, Jan 14 (Reuters) – Romanian and truck drivers continued sporadic across the country on Sunday as negotiations with the …

loss of agricultural land. and conservative lawmakers in the Union strongly opposed the landmark nature legislation that bolsters the bloc’s green transition and …

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 …

French have begun to dismantle roadblocks in Paris and other parts of the country following the French government’s announcement of over 400 million euros (£341 million) in measures aimed …

Users have shared a clip claiming it shows Dutch spraying hay onto a police line at an August 2022 over plans to cut nitrogen emissions. But the video dates back to a 2015 …

Tractors converge on Rome as across . Mr Jochinke launched his NFF presidency with the ‘Keep Farming’ campaign and sees some similarities between the Australian …

French President Emmanuel Macron is putting pressure on the Union to postpone the conclusion of a free trade agreement with the South American economic alliance Mercosur in light of ‘ . “We do not want the agreement to be signed in its current form,” Macron said on Tuesday in Stockholm during a state visit to Sweden. In a week-long fight for better working …

What ’s egg-hurling can teach us about climate progress. EU officials had big plans to slash emissions from farming. Then the started. Hundreds of fed-up Germans driving …

The Union’s executive arm gave the green light Tuesday to farm buyout schemes worth nearly 1.5 billion euros ($1.65 billion). The Dutch plans to reduce nitrogen deposits — mainly from livestock — on areas of vulnerable nature have sparked heated debate and widespread by angry in this small nation.

rise up. Earlier this week, German joined up with the Dutch to blockade a roundabout in Heerenberg on the German-Netherlands border in of the Netherlands’ nitrogen emissions cap policy that will lead to mass job loss across the country.

Poland experienced its most violent by and supporters on Wednesday, the Union has ruled. Police detained over a dozen people and prevented the from accessing …

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.

The Commission has taken note of ’ against the Green Deal in a number of member states in recent months and, in February, dropped its requirement to cut pesticide use by …

German ’ irate marathon that reached a high point last week has evoked comparisons to the 1524-25 German Peasants’ War, the largest uprising in Western before the French …

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 …

Earlier in January, Germany witnessed large-scale and convoys of slow-moving tractors that blocked access to multiple German ports. continued this week but on a smaller scale with no direct impact on port operations. Nevertheless, Kuehne+Nagel expects the movement to continue in Germany if the issue remains unresolved.