AP PHOTOS: A farming protest movement grips Europe from Brussels and Berlin to Greece and Romania
11 months, 1 week ago

AP PHOTOS: A farming protest movement grips Europe from Brussels and Berlin to Greece and Romania

The Independent  

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Europe farming wealth gap sows anger
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Europe farming wealth gap sows anger

China Daily  

A farming union representative takes part in a protest against the EU-Mercosur deal in Agen, France, on Tuesday. Analysis by the UK newspaper The Guardian showed that during the last 15 years, the wealth gap has doubled, at the same time as the number of small farms has fallen by a quarter, with a study by an environmental group in …

Europe farming wealth gap sows anger
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Europe farming wealth gap sows anger

China Daily  

A farming union representative takes part in a protest against the EU-Mercosur deal in Agen, France, on Tuesday. Analysis by the UK newspaper The Guardian showed that during the last 15 years, the wealth gap has doubled, at the same time as the number of small farms has fallen by a quarter, with a study by an environmental group in …

Europe's farming wealth gap widening
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Europe's farming wealth gap widening

China Daily  

By JULIAN SHEA in London | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-11-21 11:08 A protesting farmer walks past fires during a demonstration on Monday in Chalons-en-Champagne, in northeastern France, against the EU-Mercosur agreement. Analysis by the United Kingdom newspaper The Guardian showed that during the last 15 years, the wealth gap has doubled, at the same time as the number …

Farmers launch protests against EU-Mercosur trade pact
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Farmers launch protests against EU-Mercosur trade pact

China Daily  

European farmers gather to protest against an EU-Mercosur agreement in Brussels, Belgium November 13, 2024. Vincent Delobel, a Belgian farmer, said he and other farmers are worried that the free trade deal will bring cheap South American meat products to Europe. French Prime Minister Michel Barnier said in Brussels on Wednesday that the EU-Mercosur deal would be "disastrous" for French …

Farmers launch protests against EU-Mercosur trade pact
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Farmers launch protests against EU-Mercosur trade pact

China Daily  

European farmers gather to protest against an EU-Mercosur agreement in Brussels, Belgium November 13, 2024. Vincent Delobel, a Belgian farmer, said he and other farmers are worried that the free trade deal will bring cheap South American meat products to Europe. French Prime Minister Michel Barnier said in Brussels on Wednesday that the EU-Mercosur deal would be "disastrous" for French …

French farmers protest EU-Mercosur deal that will increase South American imports
1 month, 3 weeks ago

French farmers protest EU-Mercosur deal that will increase South American imports

Associated Press  

PARIS — French farmers protested Tuesday against a trade deal that would increase agricultural imports from South America, saying it hurt their livelihoods. Tuesday’s protest in Aurillac, in southern France, was the start of a fresh wave expected to spread among the European agricultural community amid concern that the deal could be finalized at the G20 summit in Brazil on …

Spraying manure and throwing beets, farmers in tractors again block Brussels to protest EU policies
9 months, 1 week ago

Spraying manure and throwing beets, farmers in tractors again block Brussels to protest EU policies

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — Farmers threw beets, sprayed manure at police and set hay alight on Tuesday as hundreds of tractors again sealed off streets close to the European Union headquarters, where agriculture ministers sought to ease a crisis that has led to months of protests across the 27-member bloc. As the protests turned into violence again, police used tear gas and …

Angry protests: Why are French farmers so powerful?
10 months, 1 week ago

Angry protests: Why are French farmers so powerful?

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 27, 2024 23:25 IST - 5 MINS READ The annual Paris International Agricultural Show is usually a platform for French politicians to show voters how down-to-earth they are. Structural reasons behind farmers’ power “The farmers’ political power is well enshrined at all levels—through the numerous agricultural chambers but also because many local politicians are farmers themselves,” said …

Farmers march in Poland’s capital, cut off roads in Spain to protest Ukraine imports and EU policies
10 months, 1 week ago

Farmers march in Poland’s capital, cut off roads in Spain to protest Ukraine imports and EU policies

Associated Press  

WARSAW, Poland — Thousands of farmers marched in Poland’s capital and Spanish farmers cut off traffic on highways near the French border on Tuesday in the latest protests against food imports from Ukraine and the European Union’s agricultural policies. And we will work together in Brussels to make corrections that will protect the common European market against the negative effects …

Protesting farmers jam Brussels with tractors and set fire to tyres as ministers meet
10 months, 1 week ago

Protesting farmers jam Brussels with tractors and set fire to tyres as ministers meet

The Independent  

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Farmers converge on European Union's headquarters in a fresh show of force
10 months, 1 week ago

Farmers converge on European Union's headquarters in a fresh show of force

Hindustan Times  

Concrete barriers and barbed wire surrounded the European Union’s headquarters on Monday as farmers angry at red tape and competition from cheap imports drove their tractors into Brussels in a fresh show of force as the bloc’s agriculture ministers met. Police carrying riot gear patrolled near barricades set up at the main entry points to the European Council building, where …

Belgian farmers spray riot police – and EU – with manure
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Belgian farmers spray riot police – and EU – with manure

The Telegraph  

Elsewhere, the atmosphere was more serene. Marianne Streel, president of the Flemish federation of agriculture, yelled: “Free trade agreements, falling revenues and simpler Common Agricultural Policy.” “We’re here again in Brussels today as farmers because the European Union is not listening to our demands. Fugea, a group that represents smaller Belgian farmers, declared: “Europe does not seem to understand what …

Tractor protests threaten to drive the EU's green farming policies into a ditch
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Tractor protests threaten to drive the EU's green farming policies into a ditch

The Independent  

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Tractor protests threaten to drive the EU’s green farming policies into a ditch
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Tractor protests threaten to drive the EU’s green farming policies into a ditch

Associated Press  

WESTROZEBEKE, Belgium — It was the puddles of green sludge left by the tires of massive tractors in western Belgium’s industrial farmlands that drew the attention of biological engineer Ineke Maes. “You should not respond to the issues of the day by simply scrapping very important rules that have been seriously discussed, considered, that have been included in environmental impact …

Angry French farmers with tractors are back on the streets of Paris for another protest
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Angry French farmers with tractors are back on the streets of Paris for another protest

Associated Press  

PARIS — Angry farmers were back in Paris on their tractors in a new protest Friday demanding more government support and simpler regulations, on the eve of a major agricultural fair in the French capital. Government officials have held a series of meetings with farmers unions in recent weeks to discuss a new bill meant to defend France’s “agricultural sovereignty,” …

Farmers from 10 EU countries join forces — and tractors — to protest agricultural policies
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Farmers from 10 EU countries join forces — and tractors — to protest agricultural policies

Hindustan Times  

PRAGUE — Czech farmers were driving their tractors and other vehicles to several border crossings on Thursday to meet their colleagues from neighboring countries and join forces in their protests against European Union agriculture policies, bureaucracy and overall conditions for their business. HT Image Farmers complain that the 27-nation EU’s environmental policies, such as the Green Deal, which calls for …

Farmers from 10 EU countries join forces — and tractors — to protest agricultural policies
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Farmers from 10 EU countries join forces — and tractors — to protest agricultural policies

Associated Press  

PRAGUE — Czech farmers were driving their tractors and other vehicles to several border crossings on Thursday to meet their colleagues from neighboring countries and join forces in their protests against European Union agriculture policies, bureaucracy and overall conditions for their business. Farmers complain that the 27-nation EU’s environmental policies, such as the Green Deal, which calls for limits on …

Poland concerned by support for Putin at farmer’s protests: ‘Influence of Russian agents’
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Poland concerned by support for Putin at farmer’s protests: ‘Influence of Russian agents’

The Independent  

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Protesting Spanish farmers drive hundreds of tractors to Madrid
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Protesting Spanish farmers drive hundreds of tractors to Madrid

The Hindu  

Convoys of tractors disrupted traffic around the Spanish capital on February 21 as farmers protesting against what they see as excessive red tape and insufficient state aid converged in downtown Madrid to march towards the Agriculture Ministry. As they waited for five columns of tractors to reach the gathering point at the central Independence Square, protesters wearing yellow vests waved …

Thousands of farmers advance on Madrid for a major tractor protest over EU policies
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Thousands of farmers advance on Madrid for a major tractor protest over EU policies

Associated Press  

MADRID — Hundreds of farmers drove their tractors into central Madrid on Wednesday as part of ongoing protests against European Union and local farming policies and to demand measures to alleviate production cost hikes. Besides EU policies, Spanish farmers maintain that a law aimed at guaranteeing that wholesale major supermarket buyers pay fair prices for their goods isn’t being enforced …

Farmers’ anger is increasing, outgoing union head warns UK governments
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Farmers’ anger is increasing, outgoing union head warns UK governments

The Telegraph  

Concerns have been growing in Wales over the Government’s proposed reforms to the EU-subsidy scheme, which will require 20 percent of farms to be used for trees and wildlife habitat. An impact assessment commissioned for the Welsh Government suggests a decline in labour of 11 percent, amounting to 5,500 jobs, although it suggests this may be reflected in farmers working …

Farmers in Italy, Spain and Poland protest over European Union policies and competition
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Farmers in Italy, Spain and Poland protest over European Union policies and competition

Associated Press  

MADRID — Farmers in Italy, Spain and Poland demonstrated Friday as part of ongoing protests against European Union farming policies and to demand measures to combat production cost hikes, reduced profits and unfair competition from non-EU countries. In Poland, where imports of cheap grain, milk and other produce from Ukraine have caused particular anger, farmers drove tractors across the country …

Spanish farmers stage a 4th day of tractor protests over EU policies and competition
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Spanish farmers stage a 4th day of tractor protests over EU policies and competition

The Independent  

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Thousands of Spanish farmers stage a second day of tractor protests over EU policies and prices
11 months ago

Thousands of Spanish farmers stage a second day of tractor protests over EU policies and prices

Associated Press  

MADRID — Mirroring protests across Europe, thousands of farmers in Spain staged a second day of tractor demonstrations on Wednesday across the country, blocking highways to demand changes in European Union farming policies and measures to combat production cost hikes and severe drought. State news agency Efe said that 1,000 tractors were heading slowly towards Barcelona’s city center, causing major …

Thousands of Spanish farmers stage a second day of tractor protests over EU policies and prices
11 months ago

Thousands of Spanish farmers stage a second day of tractor protests over EU policies and prices

The Independent  

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Europe is revolting… but not for the reason you might think
11 months, 1 week ago

Europe is revolting… but not for the reason you might think

The Independent  

There is something uniquely seductive about a town-vs-country clash. These manifestations of rural anger have combined with polls indicating growing support for what are loosely termed populist parties and politicians, and two sets of parliamentary elections late last year – in Slovakia and the Netherlands – where populist politicians came out on top, to suggest mounting political dissatisfaction in countries …

Farmers bring down statue in Brussels protest as 1,000 tractors block roads
11 months, 1 week ago

Farmers bring down statue in Brussels protest as 1,000 tractors block roads

The Independent  

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France’s 2 key farmers unions suspend protests after the government offers new measures
11 months, 1 week ago

France’s 2 key farmers unions suspend protests after the government offers new measures

Associated Press  

PARIS — France’s two major farmers unions announced they would lift country-wide blockades Thursday, shortly after the prime minister introduced new measures aimed at protecting their livelihoods that they described as “tangible progress.” However, farmer activists who have snarled traffic along major highways around Paris said they would stay put at least another day to see the government commitments in …

Farmers create chaos outside an EU summit and wrest some promises of relief
11 months, 1 week ago

Farmers create chaos outside an EU summit and wrest some promises of relief

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — Farmers burned bales of hay, threw eggs and firecrackers at police — and wrested some promises of relief from European leaders on Thursday, the culmination of weeks of protests across the continent over excessive red tape and competition from cheap imports. Eager to reassure a key part of the electorate and end disruptions in several cities, leaders at …

Why European Union officials are taking angry farmers so seriously before Thursday’s summit
11 months, 1 week ago

Why European Union officials are taking angry farmers so seriously before Thursday’s summit

Associated Press  

HALLE, Belgium — The writing of angry farmers was on the Paris-to-Brussels highway in giant yellow letters visible from up high: “Ursula, We are here!” It was chalked onto the road with an equal measure of defiance and desperation, warning European Commission Ursula von der Leyen not to ignore farmers’ concerns for better prices and less bureaucracy. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH …

Watch as protesting French farmers block major roads and motorways with tractors for third day
11 months, 1 week ago

Watch as protesting French farmers block major roads and motorways with tractors for third day

The Independent  

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French farmers target Aldi and Lidl as protests spread across Europe: Tractors block retailer's distribution hubs over 'unfairly' low prices - as producers warn UK supermarkets face supply issues with
11 months, 1 week ago

French farmers target Aldi and Lidl as protests spread across Europe: Tractors block retailer's distribution hubs over 'unfairly' low prices - as producers warn UK supermarkets face supply issues with

Daily Mail  

Are YOU a farmer affected by this? French farmers targeted a Lidl distribution centre in south-eastern France by setting fire to rubbish outside Footage from the Lidl hub in the south of France showed mountains of rubbish dumped outside which was set alight As protests mounted across Europe, Belgian farmers also appeared to stage a demonstration in front of a …

Angry farmers laying siege to Paris say they're inspired by Jeremy Clarkson's Amazon farming show and 'everything he says in Clarkson's Farm is why we are here today'
11 months, 1 week ago

Angry farmers laying siege to Paris say they're inspired by Jeremy Clarkson's Amazon farming show and 'everything he says in Clarkson's Farm is why we are here today'

Daily Mail  

The angry farmers who are laying siege to Paris have said they are inspired by Jeremy Clarkson's Amazon farming show. The show, Clarkson's Farm, follows the former Top Gear presenter as he tries to navigate running a farm in the Cotswolds as 'Britain’s most unlikely farmer' French riot police prevented a tractor convoy blockading the largest fresh food market in …

Tractors on TikTok: Europe’s farmers send a loud pre-election message
11 months, 1 week ago

Tractors on TikTok: Europe’s farmers send a loud pre-election message

Al Jazeera  

Five months before the European Parliament elections, angry European Union farmers are honking to be heard. “We became Europe’s slaves”, said Ghiocel, 47, his cheeks rosy from the freezing late January temperatures, as he stroked the young animal. A clip of tractors blocking a road in Germany garnered more than seven million views on TikTok, and footage of French farmers …

French farmers vow to continue protesting despite the government's offer of concessions
11 months, 1 week ago

French farmers vow to continue protesting despite the government's offer of concessions

The Independent  

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Watch: French farmers on tractors block roads as protest approaches Paris
11 months, 1 week ago

Watch: French farmers on tractors block roads as protest approaches Paris

The Independent  

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French farmers edge closer to Paris as protests ratchet up pressure on President Macron
11 months, 2 weeks ago

French farmers edge closer to Paris as protests ratchet up pressure on President Macron

Associated Press  

Snowballing protests by French farmers crept closer to Paris on Thursday, with tractors driving in convoys and blocking roads in many regions of the country to ratchet up pressure for government measures to protect the influential agricultural sector from foreign competition, red tape, rising costs and poverty-levels of pay for the worst-off producers. Traffic-snarling drive-slows, barricades of straw bales, stinky …

French farmers edge closer to Paris as protests ratchet up pressure on President Macron
11 months, 2 weeks ago

French farmers edge closer to Paris as protests ratchet up pressure on President Macron

The Independent  

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European farmers block French roads and head to Brussels to protest wages and bureaucratic meddling
11 months, 2 weeks ago

European farmers block French roads and head to Brussels to protest wages and bureaucratic meddling

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — A surge in agricultural protests from the streets of Berlin to the flanks of the Pyrenees reached the European Union’s headquarters on Wednesday where farmers decried everything from petty bureaucratic meddling to the scourge of bankruptcy and worse. “We have the farmers’ common sense.” It’s a refrain heard across the 27-nation bloc, as farmers have to adapt to …

Protests by farmers and others in Germany underline deep frustration with the government
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Protests by farmers and others in Germany underline deep frustration with the government

Associated Press  

BERLIN — 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 protest — farmers on Monday and truckers on Friday. Such demonstrations underline deep frustration in Germany with Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government, which came to power just over two years ago with a progressive, modernizing …

Germany's Scholz warns of extremists stoking rage as farmers protest and discontent is high
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Germany's Scholz warns of extremists stoking rage as farmers protest and discontent is high

The Independent  

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Farmers protest against a German government plan to cut tax breaks for diesel
1 year ago

Farmers protest against a German government plan to cut tax breaks for diesel

The Independent  

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Farmers in Romania, Bulgaria protest Ukrainian grain influx
1 year, 9 months ago

Farmers in Romania, Bulgaria protest Ukrainian grain influx

Associated Press  

BUCHAREST, Romania — Farmers in Romania and Bulgaria staged protests Friday to express their anger over the European Union’s response to a glut of agricultural products from Ukraine that they say are flooding local markets and undercutting prices. Some farmers outside the European Commission’s representative office in Bucharest brandished placards that read: “Do not punish our solidarity,” while others urged …

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