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Police move to end Dutch | Reuters
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 …
in Brussels throw beets, spray manure at police and …
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 …
Tractors choke Spanish city streets as EU …
[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 …
Polish anger Ukraine with border blockade, grain …
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 …
French : Global Spread of Unrest Threatens …
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 …
German and their tractors throng Berlin in a …
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.
How ’ and India share common ground
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.
AP PHOTOS: ‘ grip from Brussels and …
FILE – gather outside the Parliament for a as leaders meet for an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024.
rage at EU parliament in Brussels, but …
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 …
from 10 EU countries join forces to … – PBS
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 …
Angry across – February 26, 2024 | Reuters
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 …
Why are protesting across ? | ITV News
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. …
’ in Netherlands Reflects Rise of Popular …
’ in Netherlands Reflects Rise of Popular Revolts gather with their vehicles next to a Germany/Netherlands border sign during a on the A1 highway near Rijssen, Netherlands, June 29. They are protesting the Dutch Government’s nitrogen plans, which would eliminate a sizable number of .
in Westminster against unfavourable trade …
Welcome to our coverage of the ‘ in London this evening. Two activist groups have called on to drive their tractors to Westminster for a “go-slow” . The protestors …
’ : Police use tear gas and water cannons to …
BRUSSELS — One person was arrested and two police officers were injured in Brussels’ Quarter on Tuesday during a rowdy ‘ which turned violent as demonstrators started throwing firebombs and debris at law enforcement. About 250 tractors arrived in Brussels in the early hours of Tuesday morning, in a new demonstration …
Spanish plan in February | 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 …
in Madrid despite EU concessions | Euronews
Dozens of tractors and hundreds of returned to Madrid on Sunday denouncing the Union’s agricultural politics. Organisers claimed that 1,000 people attended the , but the …
Polish intensify against ‘executioner’ EU
Item 1 of 10 A person wearing a yellow jacket holds a smoke flare as Polish against the Union’s Green Deal and imports of Ukrainian agricultural products, in Lublin, Poland.
EU countries to demand bloc does more to help , draft …
Item 1 of 4 Spanish over price pressures, taxes and green regulation and grievances shared by across , at Paseo de la Castellana street in Madrid, Spain, February 26 …
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 …
