Source link The slow-motion convoy of more than 150 vehicles arrived to protest against cheap agricultural imports Over 150 tractors descended on Britain’s Parliament on Monday evening in a noisy protest against post-Brexit regulations and trade agreements that they say are expected to endanger livelihoods and undermine food security. Farm vehicles flying UK flags made […]
Source link The protesters oppose what they see as excessive EU environmental requirements and unfairly cheap imports from Ukraine Polish farmers intensified nationwide protests on Wednesday, decrying EU agricultural policies and the flood of duty-free imports from Ukraine. Tens of thousands of agricultural workers are blocking roads in several hundred locations across the country, according […]
Source link The country has been gripped by protests against the government’s agricultural policies Protesting farmers have vandalized the home of French Senator Francois Patriat, dumping manure, animal skins and two wild boar corpses at the entrance to the residence in Cote-d’Or, local media reported on Tuesday. The perpetrators also left several messages near the […]
Source link Protesting farmers clashed with police in Poland’s capital Warsaw on Wednesday amid the ongoing row with Ukraine over the grain trade. The farmers and their supporters gathered outside the prime minister’s office and marched towards the parliament building, where they were met by riot police. The protesters threw rocks and firecrackers at the […]
Source link Agricultural producers in Poland are outraged that their Ukrainian competitors can sell grain in the EU without paying tariffs The protests at the border by Polish farmers against Ukrainian agricultural imports have crossed all boundaries, President Vladimir Zelensky has said, accusing Warsaw of using the situation for domestic political games while Kiev remains […]
Source link “Not a single truck” is able to pass the blockade, Kiev’s border guards have said Protesting Polish farmers blockaded all six border crossings to Ukraine on Sunday, according to Kiev’s border security agency. The move comes after months of protests by Poland’s agricultural workers against cheap Ukrainian imports threatening their livelihoods. “As of […]
Source link The demonstrators claim Ukrainian grain is being imported into Poland through the fellow EU country Polish farmers have launched a week-long protest along the border with Lithuania against the importation of Ukrainian grain, the authorities of the Baltic state said. The agricultural workers have been blocking checkpoints on the Ukrainian frontier for months […]
Source link The EU’s agricultural sector lost €19 billion ($20.6 billion) in 2022 and 2023 as a result of a liberalization of trade with Ukraine, European Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski announced on Monday. Members of the bloc lifted tariffs and quotas in 2022 for Ukrainian agricultural produce in order to enable foodstuffs, mainly grain, to […]
Source link The demonstrators converged on EU headquarters where the bloc’s agricultural ministers were meeting on Monday Police fired tear gas to disperse protesting farmers near the European Council’s main building in Brussels on Monday, according to footage posted on social media. Farmers angry at what they perceive as excessive bureaucracy and competition from cheap […]
Source link The protesters have called on Prime Minister Donald Tusk to discuss Warsaw’s withdrawal from the EU’s Green Deal proposals Polish farmers blocked a major highway into Germany on Sunday, in protest against EU environmental proposals and uncontrolled imports of cheap produce from countries such as Ukraine. According to the RFM FM media outlet, […]
Source link The protesters have been rallying against rising costs, taxes, and strict EU regulations French farmers stormed into a major Paris farm fair on Saturday ahead of a visit by President Emmanuel Macron, and ended up scuffling with riot police. They have been protesting restrictive EU environmental regulations, as well as rising costs and […]
Source link Thousands of farmers demanding fixed minimum prices for their produce have launched a march on the Indian capital The government of India is hopeful of a resolution of major issues raised by angry farmers before March, when the season for growing wheat, a key crop, begins, the country’s Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra said […]
Source link Mikhail Podoliak has dismissed protests against cheap grain imports as an attempt to hit his country’s “most painful point” Polish farmers protesting near the border with Ukraine are trying to “humiliate” their neighbor and inflict as much pain as possible, President Vladimir Zelensky’s most senior adviser, Mikhail Podoliak, claimed on Wednesday. His comments […]
Source link News about the blockade seems like “outright mockery” for Ukrainian soldiers, the president has said President Vladimir Zelensky has lashed out at Polish activists who are blocking Ukrainian grain from entering their country. News of the protests “seems like outright mockery” to Ukraine’s soldiers, he said. Polish farmers opposed to competition from cheaper […]
Source link Agriculturalists have been staging protests at the border for months, decrying the flow of cheap Ukrainian produce into the country Polish farmers demanding an end to the inflow of cheaper produce are blocking trucks carrying Kiev-bound military aid, a Ukrainian activist has claimed. The protesters had earlier vowed to disrupt the transportation of […]