A tractor blockade has seriously disrupted operations at the Belgian port of Antwerp, ’s second largest, authorities said, as angry continued their in half a dozen …

The Vantage Take February 8, 2024, 09:53:33 IST. The gripping underscore the urgent need for action to address the systemic challenges facing agriculture in the region. Advertisement. In recent months, has been rocked by a wave of with agricultural workers across the continent taking to the streets …

Dozens of people gathered in Valencia, summoned by the 6F platform, an independent movement that emerged following across . Organisations from at least 10 …

The come as rising costs of fuel and other industrial inputs have exacerbated costs for producers of goods throughout much of . On Feb. 10, the Commission forecast that inflation would peak at 4.8 percent in the euro area in the first quarter of 2022; the 4.6 percent rise in prices recorded in the fourth quarter of 2021 …

The retreat by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is part of a wider … The decision is the latest rollback in the EU’s green agenda prompted by widespread from .

The rallies are part of farming across the 27-nation EU and have shown how only a few hundred tractors can snarl traffic in capitals from Berlin to Paris, Brussels and Rome.

Prime Minister Gabriel Attal is expected to give new concessions in an attempt to calm down which have squeezed the French capital on Monday. After protesting blocked …

are holding across , clogging the streets with their tractors, blocking ports and pelting the Parliament with eggs over a long list of complaints from environmental …

Mirroring across , thousands of in Spain have staged a second day of tractor demonstrations across the country on Wednesday, Feb. 7. The blocked highways to demand changes Union farming policies and measures to combat production cost hikes and severe drought. (AP Video: David Melereo and Emilio …

There are continuous across 12 countries where have rolled out tractors through capital cities, burnt bales and manure, and blocked highways.

in Italy, Spain and Poland demonstrated Friday as part of ongoing against Union farming policies and to demand measures to combat production cost hikes, reduced profits …

Union of Democrats. Green Deal activists. The 2024 Polish are a series of ongoing and road blockages which occurred in early 2024 when Rural Solidarity, the largest ‘ union in Poland, called a strike to against the Green Deal and continued grain imports from Ukraine. [1]

‘ in front of the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin,January 10, 2024 [Photo by Stefan Müller / flickr / CC BY-NC 2.0]. The ’ are part of a social uprising against the …

The ongoing in the Netherlands, by opposed to their government’s plan to slash nitrogen oxide emissions by 50 per cent by 2030, have drawn attention to Canadian …

French are blocking roads across the country to demand government action to address numerous grievances, as in the Union’s agricultural sector spread. Here are some of the issues that have prompted the growing movement and how the government could respond.

Besides Belgium, have staged week-long in France, Italy, Germany and Poland. block roads in Brussels in (Photo: AFP) On Wednesday, more than 90 were taken into custody as they protested outside a food market in Paris. Also, this week, key roads in the French capital were blocked by agitating .

France ‘ block a highway during a demonstration Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024 near Beauvais, northern France. have for months been protesting for better pay and against …

Flemish local transport company De Lijn warns that the are leading to delays on its services. Desperation is great. Lode Ceyssens of the ’ Union explains desperation is fuelling the and many are eager to take part: “Our are being swamped by a tsunami of rules”.

livid. The action is the most recent agricultural in the EU, but not the largest or the most controversial. The farming first started in Berlin late last year …

Thousands of in Spain staged a second day of tractor demonstrations across the country on Wednesday. Mirroring across , the are demanding changes in EU farming …

Dutch over government policies and rising “agflation” destroying their businesses have spread to more countries. The are protesting about rising costs and …

The prompted the government to distribute an additional 269 million euros ($290 million) in subsidies for as many as 140,000 and for the Commission, the EU executive, to …

Feb. 5, 2024, at 11:44 a.m. Bulgaria’s Are Joining -Wide . More. Valentina Petrova. Bulgarian family hold posters reading: “We want humane treatment of .” “I …

The -driven in Germany echo those that rocked Dutch politics last year and helped lead to the victory of far-right politician Geert Wilders in parliamentary elections in November. C ourthouse News reporter Cain Burdeau is based in the Union.

Christophe Ena/AP. PARIS — France’s two major unions announced Thursday their decision to suspend and lift road blockades across the country, in a dramatic development shortly …

The agri-discontent sweeping across the Union is a complex issue, influenced by various national and -wide factors. In eastern- countries the are linked to the liberalisation of imports of Ukrainian grain; in Germany, France and Greece to cuts in diesel subsidies.

Following across in recent months, including in Ireland, the EU has moved to reduce some of the administrative burden on . At a meeting of the EU Council of …

France’s follow similar action in other countries, including Germany and Poland, six months ahead of elections in which the far right – for whom represent a …

Hundreds of Hungarian converged in their tractors on the main border-crossing with Ukraine at Zahony, on Friday, joining the -wide for the first time.. Organisers said they …

Violent confrontations between and law enforcement officers have been reported in other countries, according to Reuters. Similar have popped up in other countries …

The vote was closely watched as it took place amid , who have made the Green Deal one of its main objects of criticism. Still, the law approved on Tuesday had been heavily …

Experts say the ongoing and escalating are part of a bigger problem . These ongoing and escalating are part of a bigger problem . In 2020, the EU approved the Green Deal, which is a set of policy initiatives that seeks to make the EU climate-neutral by 2050.

Published 7:47 AM PDT, April 7, 2023. BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — in Romania and Bulgaria staged Friday to express their anger over the Union’s response to a glut of agricultural products from Ukraine that they say are flooding local markets and undercutting prices. About 100 converged in Romania’s capital …

in Germany kicked off a week of Monday with widespread highway shutdowns and city center demonstrations, including near U.S. military communities, in opposition to the federal …

Text size. The German government on Thursday dropped part of its plans to cut agricultural subsidies in the face of massive from . Contrary to the initial plans, a discount on the …

JOSSIGNY, France/BRUSSELS—French and Belgian angry about rising costs, EU environmental policies, and cheap food imports blocked highways and access roads to a major container port on Tuesday as the spread across . In France, , who have been protesting for over two weeks, stepped up their pressure on the government by blocking highways […]

The goals to reduce emissions has led to across , and in June 40,000 gathered in the Netherlands to the government’s plans. Given the potential impact this will have on Canada, the Canadian demonstrators hope to draw attention to the situation on Saturday.

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The , which started in France but soon spread across the EU, have disrupted traffic and led to confrontations with police in recent weeks amid rising tensions ahead of today’s EU …

A major Union plan to better protect nature in the 27-nation bloc and fight climate change was indefinitely postponed Monday, underscoring how ’ sweeping the continent …