Tag: Protesters
‘ : Facts and Figures
In recent months, across nations have been protesting unwise short-sighted policies pursued by bloc officials that harm local agriculture workers. To express their outrage, are blocking highways and dumping waste in front of government buildings to draw attention to their woes. are protesting rising financial …
Block Traffic Near Paris With Tractors Before Macron …
are now looking ahead to a Union summit that starts on Thursday in Brussels, where Mr. Macron is expected to lobby on behalf of French . Image A barricade in Aix-en …
: ‘ likely in urban centers and on …
by ‘ unions and agricultural groups will likely continue in urban centers and on major roads in multiple EU member states through early February. are denouncing various national and EU policies, including strict environmental standards and the continued import of Russian and Belarusian foodstuffs, among several other …
In pictures: French press on with Paris ‘siege’ in …
deployed convoys of tractors, trailers and even rumbling harvesters on Monday in what they described as a “siege” of Paris to gain more concessions. Some came with reserves of …
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 …
’ movement could leave deep scars on ’s …
, with their tractors blocking the motorway, lighting fires during a in Girona, Spain, on Feb 6, 2024. … The Union has bowed to from farming communities by …
Macron blames far right for chaotic ’ fair in Paris
By Victor Goury-Laffont. PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron accused of seeking chaos and pushing the agenda of the far-right National Rally on Saturday, as violent clashes between riot police and disgruntled punctuated the Paris International Agricultural Show. Since the start of the ‘ in January, the …
Flank EU Headquarters as Agriculture Ministers Meet
Flank EU Headquarters as Agriculture Ministers Meet. Some 900 tractors clogged the Quarter in Brussels. ’ demands include less red tape, more EU support. burn …
’ slowly spread to Belgium – Euractiv
are expected to head for Brussels on Thursday, where an extraordinary summit of the Council will be held, 1 reported on Sunday. The anger expressed by Belgian …
Protesting Swarm Brussels With Tractors, Demanding EU …
light fires during a demonstration in the Quarter outside a meeting of EU agriculture ministers in Brussels, Feb. 26, 2024. According to Marieke Van De Vivere, a …
occupy the streets of Brussels’ Quarter (photos)
Around 10:30, tried to break the police barrier at the Parliament, reported Belga News Agency. Projectiles were also thrown at the police again, and also threw all kinds of street furniture. A few tried to pull away the police barricade. In doing so, the police briefly deployed tear gas.
Violent grip Poland as clash with police …
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 …
in EU – Commissioner announced …
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 …
India’s farm turned violent last week. But why are …
also fear that the changes will let corporations manipulate prices by hoarding crops, and take advantage of weak enforcement capacity to negotiate pro-corporate contract-farming arrangements. also criticize the decision-making process, noting insufficient parliamentary debate and deliberation.
Parliament passes Nature Restoration Law despite …
Among the ’ complaints are the union’s green policies that they say impose excessive bureaucracy on to . EU policymakers adopted the law with 329 votes in favour, 275 against …
in Prague Signal a Troubled Winter Ahead
Sept. 28, 2022. PRAGUE — Thousands of flocked into Prague’s Wenceslas Square on Wednesday, demanding the resignation of the government of the Czech Republic as an energy crisis …
and its angry : A story as old as the EU
turn into perennial . Throughout the 1990s, EU fought the subsidy cuts and new system of payments. In November 1997, Italian dairy blocked railways with their trucks and tried to unload sheep in central Rome to huge fines imposed on them by the EU for exceeding milk production quotas.
Polish march against ‘green poison’ EU climate change …
Thousands of marched through the streets of the Polish capital Warsaw on Friday to show their opposition to Union environmental regulations that say are driving them …
exit fears – BBC
Former President of the Council, Donald Tusk (R), addressed in Warsaw Wanda Traczyk-Stawska, a 94-year-old veteran of the Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi German occupation in …
