Tag: protest
Dutch ‘ party scores big election win, shaking …
A ‘ party shook up the political landscape in the Netherlands on Wednesday, emerging as the big winner in provincial elections that determine the make-up of the Senate.
threaten to bring Poland to a halt after police …
Item 1 of 5 A man carries a Polish flag next to burning tyres, as outside Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s office against the Union’s Green Deal and imports of …
In photos, video: set fires, outside …
Similar have taken place across for most of the week. In France, deployed their tractors to block major roadways into Paris on Monday to cuts to agricultural diesel …
Opinion: Are Standing Up to Free Trade—Will …
arrive on tractors to agricultural policy in Madrid, Spain on February 21, 2024. Photography by Oscar Gonzalez Fuentes/Shutterstock Dumping manure in public spaces, hurling eggs at government buildings, blocking major roads —the who have taken to the streets to challenge free trade policies sure know …
Angry Block Roads With Tractors, Spray Manure
Feb 9, 2024, 2:15 AM PST. Tractors block a highway during a ‘ in northeastern Spain this week. Emilio Morenatti/AP. have blocked roads and sprayed government …
’ show the need for a just …
The intertwining of farming sustainability and political interests in forthcoming elections – not just , but across the world – highlights the complex interplay between environmental policies and traditional sectors. As continue to across capitals, the electoral consequences may reshape political landscapes.
Blazing hay and manure roadblocks: What to know as Dutch farm …
July 27, 2022 9:36 pm CET. By Camille Gijs. Dutch dumped manure and set fire hay on fire along major highways Wednesday, prompting traffic jams in central and eastern parts of the Netherlands, in over government plans to reduce fertilizer use and livestock numbers. The disruptions were the latest in a series of that …
’ sweep France, seizing agenda before EU …
January 22, 2024 2:54 pm CET. By Victor Goury-Laffont. PARIS — French will “for as long as necessary,” the leader of the biggest farming union warned on Monday, as rural discontent hits the campaign agenda ahead of June’s election. New Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and far-right leader Jordan Bardella engaged in a …
risk eroding the climate agenda
March 11, 2024 11:40 AM. Photo Credit: REUTERS/Eva Korinkova. Thousands of tractors are blocking the streets in capital cities across as against EU policies on climate change and the influx of cheaper food imports from Ukraine. Right-wing politicians are voicing solidarity with the , raising the threat of a …
Spanish blockade roads, joining EU peers’
Item 1 of 5 drive their tractors as they over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by across , in Girona, Spain, February 6, 2024. REUTERS …
from 12 EU countries continue to … – Euronews
from 10 EU countries, ranging from Central to the Baltics and the Balkans, were on Thursday participating in a against the bloc’s agriculture policies, bureaucracy and …
Why Are Up in Arms – Voice of America
Why Are Up in Arms. block A63 highway to over taxation and declining income, near Bayonne, on Jan. 23, 2024. The sign says “Our end will be your hunger.” The …
EU scraps pesticide proposal in another concession to …
13 of 15 |. gather outside the Parliament for a , in Strasbourg, eastern France, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. The Union’s executive on Tuesday shelved its anti-pesticides proposal in yet another concession to after weeks of blocked major capital and economic lifelines across the bloc.
Will ‘s Make Their Way To The U.S.? – AgWeb
From Berlin and Paris to Brussels and Bucharest, have driven their tractors to the streets in in recent weeks. In Germany, an estimated 30,000 protestors and thousands of …
Tractors roll into Brussels in over plans to …
Item 1 of 5 with their tractors from Belgium’s northern region of Flanders take part in a against a new regional government plan to limit nitrogen emissions, in Brussels, Belgium …
Are a sign of what’s to come?
in the Union flooded markets, unfair green policy, and forced fallow. : A slogan which reads “Hunger will be our fate” is displayed on a tractor as block the entrance of a Leclerc supermarket in Le Mans, northwestern France, earlier this year. Fearing financial ruin, across are protesting …
Hundreds of outside E.U. headquarters in …
Reuters. Similar have taken place across for most of the week. In France, deployed their tractors to block major roadways into Paris on Monday to cuts to …
An EU frustration grows with every click of the …
FILE – Tractors are parked near the Parliament during a by as leaders meet for an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Fickle regulations are a key complaint heard from protesting over the past weeks, setting up a key theme for the upcoming June 6-9 parliamentary elections in the 27 …
How climate change has fuelled ’
Spanish over price pressures, taxes and green regulation and grievances shared by across , at Paseo de la Castellana street in Madrid, Spain, February 26, 2024. REUTERS/Juan Medina. Even after months of ’ across , lawmakers have failed to quell their anger.
Czech block traffic in Prague in against the …
A convoy of tractors drives on a street during a ’ in Prague, March 7, 2024. Czech have blocked traffic in Prague, cramming the streets with hundreds of tractors and other vehicles as they rallied against the government and agriculture policies set by the Union.(Katerina Sulova/CTK via AP) ** SLOVAKIA OUT **
’s have been fertile ground for Russian …
In another recent incident in Prague, a was quickly taken over by rowdy pro-Kremlin activists, leading one of the original organizers to lament that the demonstration had been “stolen.”. In short, ’s are proving fertile for Russian propaganda, with the Kremlin persistently seeking to amplify them …
French encircle Paris with an angry blockade – The …
in France on Jan. 29 blocked major roadways into Paris in of subsidy cuts and revamped agricultural regulations. (Video: AP) 5 min. It looked like a military campaign. The …
Behind : Anger, Hardship and No Easy …
FILE – French dump patatoes and rubbish to block the Sub-Prefecture in Guingamp to over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by across …
Not just India, these countries witnessing …
On 6 February, Spanish officially began massive nationwide , tangling up traffic on dozens of highways. turned violent on February 10, when Spanish police clashed with a group of and truck drivers in Madrid as they tried to access a main road in a bid to block it, one of several sweeping the Union.
Why are angry blocking highways from India …
in India and across are taking to the streets in over issues including the impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine, rising competition and climate change mitigation …
Why are EU Protesting? | Focus on Ag | American Farm …
In response, the EU Commission is taking action to stop a new rule, part of the EU’s so-called Farm to Fork strategy to deal with climate change, which would have required to cut their pesticide use in half by 2030. A sign of what was to happen began in 2019 in the Netherlands. drove their tractors to a of the Dutch …
from 10 EU countries join forces — and tractors — to …
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 Vyborny, his Slovak counterpart Richard Takac, and the representatives of from Poland and Hungary to rally at a Czech-Slovak border crossing …
by and others in Germany underline deep …
place their tractors at the government district in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024 ahead of a demonstration. This week began and ended with the long road in front of Berlin’s landmark Brandenburg Gate thronged by heavy vehicles tooting their horns in — on Monday Jan. 15 and truckers on Friday Jan. 19, 2024.
Germany’s far right seek revolution in ‘ – BBC
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 …
Step up Against Costs, Green Rules
Jan. 31, 2024, at 6:33 a.m. Step up Against Costs, Green Rules. More. Reuters. Tractors and other vehicles queue on the A1 highway during a over price pressures …
Angry are spreading across – CNBC
A pulls waste to block the RN 19 near in Vesoul, eastern France, on January 25, 2024. There’s been a culmination of factors that have pushed to in recent weeks, causing …
: From to India, Agriculture Is in Turmoil
March 3, 2024, 10:00 AM. From to India, have taken to the streets in recent months to agricultural policies. First, demonstrations erupted across , with …
‘We Are Not Slaves’: Against Green …
German blocked roads on the Netherlands’ border to on July 6, Weekly reported.The are allegedly advocating against an amendment introduced in the German parliament to increase reliance on renewable energy sources to 100% by 2025, according to Reuters, but would curb biogas production, the Deep Dive reported.
Here’s Why Are Protesting – Voice of America
Polish over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by across , and against the import of agricultural produce and food products from Ukraine …
‘s farm : Here are some of the grievances
3:40. drove their tractors to the Union headquarters in Brussels, setting fires and throwing eggs, to EU agricultural and trade policies they say are threatening their …
With unsold grain piled high, a Polish faces an …
2 of 8 | . Polish block roads with tractors in Kazun Polski near Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday March 20, 2024 as they escalate a three-month against Ukrainian imports and Union climate policies.
What’s Really at Stake ’s | WPR
A drives a tractor bearing a sign that reads “No , no food,” during a ’ in Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 1, 2024 (Sipa photo by Hatim Kaghat via AP Images). In recent …
Protesting spray Brussels police with liquid manure …
spray police with manure during a of in the Quarter outside a meeting of EU agriculture ministers in Brussels, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. Union agriculture ministers meet in Brussels Monday to discuss rapid and structural responses to the crisis situation facing the agricultural sector.
‘It shows they are fed up. It’s a revolt’: …
Polish take part in a against imports of agriculture products from Ukraine as competition from the neighbouring country on January 24, 2024 in Ryki, Poland. With roadblocks and …
LIVE: gather outside EU …
Convoys with hundreds of angry driving heavy-duty tractors arrived at the Union headquarters in Brussels. #Live # # Read more …
