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 water cannons to keep farmers and some 250 tractors at bay, even as ministers met to push through measures meant to calm the crisis. A major EU plan to better protect nature in the 27-nation bloc and fight climate change was indefinitely postponed Monday, underscoring how the protests have had a deep influence on politics. We are in favor of doing our best for the environment, but still, agriculture should be a priority.” EU member states on Tuesday gave their provisional blessing to proposals that amount to weakening or cutting rules in areas like crop rotation, soil cover protection and tillage methods.

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UK farmers plan to protest at Parliament over a tax hike they say will ruin family farms
1 month ago

UK farmers plan to protest at Parliament over a tax hike they say will ruin family farms

The Independent  

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Tractors rumble in streets again ahead of EU polls. Farming is a big issue and the far right pounces
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Tractors rumble in streets again ahead of EU polls. Farming is a big issue and the far right pounces

Associated Press  

BEERSEL, Belgium — The far-right Flemish Interest party had set up the demonstration in the picture-pretty rolling fields south of Brussels, ahead of the four-day European Union election starting Thursday. In a final push on Tuesday, militant agricultural groups from more than a half dozen nations were converging on Brussels in a show of force that they hoped would sweep …

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 …

As the rumble of tractor protests grows, the EU offers more environmental concessions to farmers
9 months, 1 week ago

As the rumble of tractor protests grows, the EU offers more environmental concessions to farmers

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — The European Union’s executive arm on Friday proposed weakening even more climate and environmental measures in the bloc’s latest set of concessions to farmers apparently bent on continuing disruptive tractor protests until the June EU elections. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen insisted that the EU’s overall climate goals remained intact, even though she stressed she would “continue …

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  

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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 …

Protesting farmers spray Brussels police with liquid manure near EU’s base in a new display of power
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Protesting farmers spray Brussels police with liquid manure near EU’s base in a new display of power

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — Farmers clashed with police in Belgium on Monday, spraying officers with liquid manure and throwing eggs and flares at them in a fresh show of force as the European Union’s agriculture ministers met in search of ways to address the protesters’ concerns. Smoke drifted through the air near where police in riot gear sheltered behind concrete barriers and …

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 …

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

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 …

Restive farmers, responsive State
10 months ago

Restive farmers, responsive State

Hindustan Times  

Farmers in certain parts of the country are restive once again. The European Union has put forward numerous proposals on the use of fertilisers and pesticides that farmers believe are not in their best interests. In the 2019 interim budget, the Union government resolved to grant farming households ₹6,000 each year from the treasury. The central and state governments also …

Farmers’ anger is increasing, outgoing union head warns UK governments
10 months, 1 week 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 …

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 …

EU proposes scrapping pesticide proposals in another concession to protesting farmers
10 months, 2 weeks ago

EU proposes scrapping pesticide proposals in another concession to protesting farmers

Hindustan Times  

BRUSSELS — The European Union’s executive arm shelved an anti-pesticides proposal Tuesday in yet another concession to farmers after weeks of protests blocked major capitals and economic lifelines across the 27-nation bloc. HT Image Although the proposal had languished in EU institutions for the past two years, the move by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was the latest …

EU scraps pesticide proposal in another concession to protesting farmers
10 months, 2 weeks ago

EU scraps pesticide proposal in another concession to protesting farmers

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — The European Union’s executive arm shelved an anti-pesticide proposal Tuesday in yet another concession to farmers after weeks of protests that blocked many capitals and economic lifelines across the 27-nation bloc. Last week, von der Leyen announced plans to shield farmers from cheaper products from wartime Ukraine and to allow farmers to use some land they had been …

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 …

‘Enough is enough’ – how Europe’s farming protests could spread here
10 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Enough is enough’ – how Europe’s farming protests could spread here

The Telegraph  

As protest movements go, it has certainly been eye-catching. Farmers across France have been leading a tractor revolution against what they claim is draconian environmental legislation, red tape and unfair prices. Meanwhile, in Germany, hundreds of farmers and their tractors have gathered to protest government plans to cut diesel subsidies and tax breaks for agricultural vehicles. This, coupled with bad …

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 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 …

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 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 …

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 …

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  

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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 …

Protesting farmers use tractors – and piles of dung – to paralyse Germany
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Protesting farmers use tractors – and piles of dung – to paralyse Germany

The Telegraph  

“I am here because we are food producers and food should come from home. “The anger is very great because something is always decided first and then thought about,” Mr Werner said of the government’s policies. ‘No beer without farmers’ Separately, the far-Right AfD party has been joining some protests to the apparent discomfort of German farming associations who fear …

Dutch farmers on collision course with Brussels over compulsory farm buyouts
1 year, 9 months ago

Dutch farmers on collision course with Brussels over compulsory farm buyouts

The Telegraph  

Brussels has warned furious Dutch farmers that compulsory farm buyouts are the only way for the Netherlands to meet its EU climate targets. Climate chief Frans Timmermans said the European Commission would explain the green laws to Caroline van der Plas, the leader of the Farmers-Citizen Movement. Farmers oppose prime minister Mark Rutte’s plans to reduce livestock numbers and buy …

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