EU Hunger Games: Why the EUSSR is sabotaging your table
While enlightened bureaucrats play politburo, Europe’s farmers and consumers are expected to absorb - or maybe fail to absorb - yet another blow.
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Farmers in Paris on tractors in protest at Mercosur trade deal
French farmers rolled into Paris on tractors today early in the morning to show of dissent against an EU trade deal with the South American bloc Mercosur they fear…
France says it will not support EU agriculture policy reform
France will not support a proposed reform of the European Union’s agricultural policy, with its farmers facing a worsening cattle disease outbreak and renewed…
Brussels sanctions, fertiliser wars and European farmers paying the price
The tractors returned to Brussels before Christmas. Farmers once again blocked streets, surrounded EU buildings, and made their anger impossible to ignore.
EU-Mercosur deal postponement gets mixed reaction after farmers’ protests
The signing of a trade deal between the European Union and South American bloc Mercosur will be postponed to January, officials said, after farmers staged a show…
Farmers set to descend on Brussels in Mercosur protest
Thousands of farmers are to take to the streets of Brussels to protest European Union plans for a trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur and reforming agricultural…
Fake ‘freebie’ posts lose Polish farmer 150 tonnes of potatoes
After social media posts claimed a farmer was giving away "free potatoes", locals removed around 150 tonnes of crops in just one day in the southern Polish village…
Farmers rally against CAP reforms outside Commission headquarters
A small group of farmers, joined by political speakers and allies from the European Parliament, assembled in Brussels on May 20 to protest against proposed reforms…
France claims ‘EC chief betrays European farmers’ with EU-Mercosur
French farmers view the European Union-Mercosur trade deal, endorsed by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, as a "betrayal" of European agricultural…
Polish Government rejects EU-Mercosur trade deal
The Polish Government has adopted a resolution committing it to opposing the free trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, the region consisting…
Ukraine slams Polish farmers over anti-Mercosur border blockade
Polish farmers blocked the Medyka border crossing with Ukraine on November 23 in a protest over the trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur, which they…
Farmers blockade Paris over ‘unthinkable’ EU-Mercosur deal
French farmers have taken to blockading Paris over a trade deal between South American Mercosur countries and the European Union.
Macron pledges to block EU-Mercosur trade deal amid pressure from French farmers
French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to block the proposed European Union-Mercosur trade agreement as farmers across France have ramped up pressure on the…
Italy plans to restrict nascent ‘cannabis light’ industry
Italy's "cannabis light" industry risks being uprooted this year by Giorgia Meloni's coalition.
Dairy farmers to EU: Help us or face more tractor protests
While the latest Brussels protest would be a "friendly" affair, this would not be the case with future demonstrations should lawmakers not take their concerns seriously,…
Journalists barred from Polish Parliament over ‘anti-Green Deal’ T-shirts
Two journalists were refused entry to the Polish Parliament for wearing T-shirts emblazoned with the slogan “Down with the Green Deal” amid protests in Warsaw…
Polish farmers dump manure outside Parliament Speaker’s home
Polish farmers continued their protests despite some agricultural organisations signing an agreement with the Government.
Polish PM Tusk to meet angry farmers
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will meet protesting farmers' leaders as demonstrations continue across the country.
EC ‘taking action to help farmers’ after fiery Brussels protests
The European Commission has insisted it is already "taking action" to help farmers - despite the latest fiery protests in Brussels.
Tusk to unblock Ukraine border by labelling crossings ‘critical infrastructure’
Poland has reclassified its border crossings with Ukraine as critical infrastructure, in response to blockades by protesting farmers.
Czech, Slovak farmers block borders in protest
Farmers from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and other central European countries protested along Czech borders on Thursday, blocking some crossings as they demanded…
The peasants are revolting: This year’s farmer protests are a mere foretaste of what is to come if Brussels does not change tack
Europe’s recent spate of protests by farmers may appear to involve a coincidental concurrence of otherwise unrelated concerns. They weren’t.
Polish farmers plan to ‘shut all Ukraine borders’
Polish farmers intend a total blockade of all border crossings with Ukraine, a trade union said, escalating their month-long strike that began in protest against…
After the Dutch, Polish, Italian and German farmers, France’s paysans are in revolt. It will make a difference in June’s European elections
Brussels’s Common Agricultural Policy worked for years, at great cost and with a wealth of regulations, to bring closer the EU member states’ farming sectors.
Berlin gridlocked as farmers vent fury
Germany's capital Berlin came to a "standstill" amid anti-government protests led by farmers.
Bucharest under siege by angry farmers and truckers on third day of protests
Major protests by farmers and truckers have entered their third day in Romania, with demonstrators breaking through police blockades in Bucharest.
Polish farmers to resume blockade of Ukraine border crossing
Polish farmers will resume their blockade at the Medyka border crossing with Ukraine from Thursday as they say they have not received a signed assurance from the…
Grapes of wrath: French winegrowers destroy Spanish rivals’ imports
Angry winegrowers in France blocked lorries coming from Spain and destroyed the wine they were carrying, claiming the cheaper imports are destroying the local market.
Militant Farmer Defence Force spreads to Belgium
Angry Belgian farmers have rallied behind the new Farmers Defence Force (FDF) to protest in Antwerp on August 18, echoing earlier demonstrations in the Netherlands.
German Greens may ban strawberry and tomato farming
The German Green party is pushing for a ban on farming strawberries and tomatoes.