Watch: French farmers on tractors block roads as protest approaches Paris
10 months, 3 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Watch as farmers in France riding their tractors approach Paris, intensifying protests against what they call unjust standards and competition that threaten their livelihood. It came after they blocked highways and dumped crates of imported produce on Thursday, demanding urgent action is taken on low farmgate prices, green regulation and free-trade policies. They are also calling for continued diesel tax breaks for agricultural vehicles, the immediate payment of EU agricultural subsidies, guarantees on insurance payouts related to health and climate, and immediate aid for winemakers and organic farmers.

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Farmers make fresh stand against Keir Starmer's tax grab: More than 100 tractors descend on Dover in protest against inheritance tax raid
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Farmers make fresh stand against Keir Starmer's tax grab: More than 100 tractors descend on Dover in protest against inheritance tax raid

Daily Mail  

Over 100 tractors have rumbled through Dover today as farmers launched a fresh protest against Keir Starmer's inheritance tax grab. Over 100 tractors have rumbled through the English countryside on the way to Dover as farmers have launched a fresh protest against Keir Starmer 's inheritance tax grab Farmers adorned their tractors with placards to show their anger at the …

Europe's farming wealth gap widening
1 month 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 …

Europe's farming wealth gap widening
1 month ago

Europe's farming wealth gap widening

China Daily  

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 of small farms have fallen by a quarter, with a study by environmental …

Europe's farming wealth gap widening
1 month ago

Europe's farming wealth gap widening

China Daily  

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 of small farms have fallen by a quarter, with a study by environmental …

French farmers mobilize for protests over EU-Mercosur trade deal
1 month ago

French farmers mobilize for protests over EU-Mercosur trade deal

Live Mint  

PARIS — French farmers are mobilizing for widespread protests on Monday targeting the EU-Mercosur trade agreement. Proponents of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement argue that it would significantly boost economic ties between Europe and South America by eliminating tariffs on European exports, notably for machinery, chemicals and cars, thereby enhancing market access and creating lucrative opportunities for European businesses. Earlier this …

French farmers escalate protests against an EU-Mercosur trade deal and fear unfair competition
1 month ago

French farmers escalate protests against an EU-Mercosur trade deal and fear unfair competition

Associated Press  

BEAUVAIS, France — French farmers escalated protests Monday against the European Union-Mercosur trade agreement under negotiation, citing fears of unfair competition. Now, with unfair competition from South American products boosted with hormones and GMOs, it’s the final straw.” Armelle Fraiture, a 25-year-old who took over her family’s 300-cow farm in the Beauvais region earlier in the year, expressed concerns about …

French farmers protest EU-Mercosur deal that will increase South American imports
1 month, 1 week 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 …

With blaring horns rumbling engines, farmers in tractors block Brussels to protest EU policies
8 months, 3 weeks ago

With blaring horns rumbling engines, farmers in tractors block Brussels to protest EU policies

Deccan Chronicle  

Brussels, Mar 26 Dozens of tractors on Tuesday sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU agriculture ministers were planning to discuss the crisis in the sector that has led to months of protests across the bloc. With protests taking place from Finland to Greece, Poland, and Ireland, the farmers have already won a slew of …

Spraying manure and throwing beets, farmers in tractors again block Brussels to protest EU policies
8 months, 3 weeks 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?
9 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Angry farmers clash with police near the European Union's headquarters in a fresh show of force
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Angry farmers clash with police near the European Union's headquarters in a fresh show of force

The Hindu  

February 26, 2024 05:27 pm | Updated 05:28 pm IST - BRUSSELS Farmers clashed with police in Belgium on February 26, spraying officers with liquid manure and setting fire to piles of tires in a fresh show of force as European Union Agriculture Ministers met in search of ways to address their concerns. At the start of the month, a …

Protesting farmers jam Brussels with tractors and set fire to tyres as ministers meet
9 months, 3 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Farmers set fire to piles …

Farmers converge on European Union's headquarters in a fresh show of force
9 months, 3 weeks 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
9 months, 4 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
9 months, 4 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
9 months, 4 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 …

Macron booed by French farmers who blame him for not doing enough to support agriculture
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Macron booed by French farmers who blame him for not doing enough to support agriculture

Associated Press  

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron was greeted with boos and whistles at the opening of the Paris Agricultural Fair on Saturday by angry farmers who blame him for not doing enough to support them. Police in full riot gear were deployed at the Paris Agricultural Fair to prevent them from getting close to Macron, who had a planned meeting …

Angry French farmers with tractors are back on the streets of Paris for another protest
10 months 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,” …

Protesting Spanish farmers drive hundreds of tractors to Madrid
10 months 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 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 …

Hard work and too many statistics: An EU farmer’s frustration grows with every click of the mouse
10 months, 1 week ago

Hard work and too many statistics: An EU farmer’s frustration grows with every click of the mouse

Associated Press  

LEDEGEM, Belgium — On a farm in northern Belgium, not far from the hundreds of tractors blocking Europe’s second-biggest port to demand more respect for farmers, Bart Dochy was switching on his computer, waiting for a government program to load with maps of his land next to empty digital boxes demanding to be filled with statistics on fertilizer, pesticides, production …

Spanish farmers stage a 4th day of tractor protests over EU policies and competition
10 months, 2 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Thousands of Spanish farmers on …

Thousands of Spanish farmers stage a second day of tractor protests over EU policies and prices
10 months, 2 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Mirroring protests across Europe, thousands …

Farmers are blocking key roads between Belgium and the Netherlands in the latest sign of their anger
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Farmers are blocking key roads between Belgium and the Netherlands in the latest sign of their anger

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — Farmers parked their tractors across key road crossings on the border between Belgium and the Netherlands on Friday in their latest protest against excessive red tape and competition from cheap imports. They were set up after a day of chaos Thursday in Brussels, where angry farmers torched hay bales and threw eggs and firecrackers at police near a …

French farmers lift road blockades around Paris after the prime minister offers a support plan
10 months, 3 weeks ago

French farmers lift road blockades around Paris after the prime minister offers a support plan

Associated Press  

PARIS — French farmers were gradually lifting their roadblocks around Paris and elsewhere in the country on Friday, a day after the French government offered over 400 million euros in various measures meant to answer their grievances over low earnings, heavy regulation and unfair competition from abroad. Arnaud Rousseau, the president of the biggest farmers union, FNSEA, speaking on news …

France’s 2 key farmers unions suspend protests after the government offers new measures
10 months, 3 weeks 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
10 months, 3 weeks 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 …

French police clampdown on tractor blockade chaos: Cops arrest nearly 80 militant farmers trying to besiege Paris with motorway blockades amid growing protests across EU
10 months, 3 weeks ago

French police clampdown on tractor blockade chaos: Cops arrest nearly 80 militant farmers trying to besiege Paris with motorway blockades amid growing protests across EU

Daily Mail  

French police arrested scores of militant farmers tonight as tensions escalated to new levels. French police arrested almost 80 militant farmers on Wednesday as tensions escalated to new levels Defying warnings by the authorities, some farmers converged on the Rungis wholesale market outside of Paris where nearly 80 people were arrested when some individuals penetrated the complex The French government …

Watch as protesting French farmers block major roads and motorways with tractors for third day
10 months, 3 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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Traffic-blocking farmers now closing in on EU capital in a protest seeking better market conditions
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Traffic-blocking farmers now closing in on EU capital in a protest seeking better market conditions

Associated Press  

HALLE, Belgium — Farmers blocked more traffic arteries across Belgium, France and Italy on Wednesday, as they sought to disrupt trade at major ports and other economic lifelines. While the days of mushrooming discontent have been largely peaceful, French police arrested 91 protesters who forced their way Wednesday into Europe’s biggest food market, the Paris police chief said. The protests …

Protesting farmers have France’s government in a bind
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Protesting farmers have France’s government in a bind

LA Times  

Protesting farmers relax by a bonfire as they block a highway in Jossigny, east of Paris, on Tuesday. Farmers have captured France’s attention by showering government offices with manure and besieging Paris with traffic-snarling barricades of tractors and hay bales. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused painful economic shocks, including higher costs, bringing farmers’ anger to a head in …

Protesting farmers have France’s government in a bind
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Protesting farmers have France’s government in a bind

Associated Press  

PARIS — Farmers have captured France’s attention by showering government offices with manure and besieging Paris with traffic-snarling barricades of tractors and hay bales. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused painful economic shocks, including higher costs, bringing farmers’ anger to a head in France and other European countries. “But we’re not getting the same revenue.” When the Ukraine war …

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
10 months, 3 weeks 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 …

France’s government announces new measures to calm farmers’ protests, as barricades squeeze Paris
10 months, 3 weeks ago

France’s government announces new measures to calm farmers’ protests, as barricades squeeze Paris

Associated Press  

JOSSIGNY, France — France’s new prime minister showered promises of help on angry farmers Tuesday, from emergency cash aid to controls on imported food, in hopes that cools a protest movement that has seen tractors shut down highways across France and inspired similar actions around Europe. Farmers seeking better pay, fewer constraints and lower costs are camped out on hay-strewn …

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'
10 months, 3 weeks 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 …

France’s protesting farmers encircle Paris with tractor barricades, vowing a ‘siege’ over grievances
10 months, 3 weeks ago

France’s protesting farmers encircle Paris with tractor barricades, vowing a ‘siege’ over grievances

Associated Press  

JOSSIGNY, France — Protesting farmers encircled Paris with traffic-snarling barricades Monday, using hundreds of lumbering tractors and mounds of hay bales to block highways leading to France’s capital to pressure the government over the future of their industry, which has been shaken by repercussions of the Ukraine war. Some vehicles carried placards declaring “No food without farmers” and “The end …

France wants EU law changes 'this week' to quell farmers' protest
10 months, 3 weeks ago

France wants EU law changes 'this week' to quell farmers' protest

The Hindu  

France wants a decision this week to change European Union environmental regulations regarding agricultural surfaces which have to remain fallow under new biodiversity rules, in order to help the country's farmers, its farming minister said on January 29. The French Government is battling to try and contain nationwide protests from farmers, who are demanding better pay and living conditions, with …

France to push changes in EU law to deter farmers protest
10 months, 3 weeks ago

France to push changes in EU law to deter farmers protest

Firstpost  

As tractors blocked major highways out of Paris on Monday and nationwide farmer protests grew more intense, France announced that it would push to loosen European Union environmental regulations on fallow farmland this week. Rousseau said farmers would continue their action everywhere in France “with the aim to get emergency measures about the core of our business”. Farming Minister Marc …

French farmers announce plan to seize Paris to demand better work environment, pay
10 months, 3 weeks ago

French farmers announce plan to seize Paris to demand better work environment, pay

Firstpost  

Beginning on Monday, French farmers will embark on an indefinite “siege” of Paris, closing major highways and advancing on the city as they seek improved working conditions and pay. “I want us to clarify things and see what extra measures we can take” to meet farmers’ complaints that they face unfair competition, he said. “What we need are decisions that …

France’s protesting farmers encircle Paris with tractor barricades, vowing a ‘siege’
10 months, 3 weeks ago

France’s protesting farmers encircle Paris with tractor barricades, vowing a ‘siege’

LA Times  

Tractors park on a highway on Monday near Roissy-en-France, north of Paris. Protesting farmers vowed to encircle Paris with tractor barricades and drive-slows on Monday, aiming to lay siege to France’s seat of power in a battle with the government over the future of their industry, which has been shaken by repercussions of the Ukraine war. Protesting farmers encircled Paris …

French farmers aim to put Paris ‘under siege’ in tractor protest. Activists hurl soup at ‘Mona Lisa’
10 months, 3 weeks ago

French farmers aim to put Paris ‘under siege’ in tractor protest. Activists hurl soup at ‘Mona Lisa’

Associated Press  

PARIS — France’s interior ministry on Sunday ordered a large deployment of security forces around Paris as angry farmers threatened to head toward the capital, hours after climate activists hurled soup at the glass protecting the “Mona Lisa” painting at the Louvre Museum. France’s two biggest farmers unions said in a statement that their members based in areas surrounding the …

French farmers vow to continue protesting despite the government's offer of concessions
10 months, 3 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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Protesting farmers heap pressure on new French prime minister ahead of hotly anticipated measures
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Protesting farmers heap pressure on new French prime minister ahead of hotly anticipated measures

Associated Press  

PARIS — Protesting farmers shut down long stretches of some of France’s major highways again Friday, using tractors to block and slow traffic and squeeze the government ever more tightly to give in to their demands that growing and rearing food be made easier and more lucrative. This time, Macron’s new Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, his mettle being sorely tested …

French farmers edge closer to Paris as protests ratchet up pressure on President Macron
10 months, 4 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 close in on Paris as protests ratchet up pressure on President Macron
10 months, 4 weeks ago

French farmers close in on Paris as protests ratchet up pressure on President Macron

LA Times  

Farmers take a break from demonstrating Thursday near Etampes, south of Paris, amid protests across France against low wages, regulations, mounting costs and other problems in the agricultural industry. 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 …

European farmers block French roads and head to Brussels to protest wages and bureaucratic meddling
10 months, 4 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 …

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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We stand vindicated, say farm unions as cops begin removing barricades from farmers' protest sites
3 years, 1 month ago

We stand vindicated, say farm unions as cops begin removing barricades from farmers' protest sites

Firstpost  

Farmer leaders said decision to entirely clear both carriageways at the protest sites will be taken by SKM, an umbrella body of over 40 farmer unions spearheading the agitation New Delhi: With the Delhi Police beginning to remove barricades at two farmer protest sites — Tikri and Ghazipur — farm union leaders on Friday said the move vindicates their stand …

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