Farms
Denmark sets first carbon tax on agriculture
The country wants to cut 70 percent of its total emissions by 2030.
How Brexit’s fallout doomed climate action in Northern Ireland
‘Farmer Wants a Wife’ contestant to become Dutch agriculture minister
France’s farmers helped the far right win. Now they’re regretting it.
Finland to receive first EU procured bird flu shots
Militant farmers vent fury in Brussels on eve of EU election
Fork in the road: How a right turn will change European farming
Meet the — really — angry farmers coming to take down Brussels
They accuse the EU establishment of trying to wipe them out with its Green Deal agenda and say only the far right listens.
Watch out Brussels, Geert Wilders’ new Dutch government is coming
Far-right leader’s priorities include ripping up EU migration policy and diluting green commitments.
Frans Timmermans tried to destroy European farming, says Italian agriculture minister
Francesco Lollobrigida accuses the Dutch Green Deal architect of creating farming rules so rigid that the EU would have to import food through Rotterdam.
Barcelona is parched — and angry at quenched tourists
The yawning gap between locals’ and visitors’ consumption is stoking long-standing resentments ahead of an election.
Europe’s farmers revel in affection despite Green Deal clash
Leading EU politicians pay devoted lip service to farmers but offer no legislation to solve their green dilemma.
Revealed: Tory MPs face solar farm fury in these UK seats
Dozens of Conservative MPs in traditionally safe seats are looking nervously at large, unpopular solar developments in their constituencies.
Ukrainian agriculture minister offers resignation following corruption allegations
Mykola Solskyi is accused of abetting the illegal acquisition of €6.9 million worth of state land while working as a lawyer.
Ukrainian agriculture minister under suspicion of orchestrating land-grab scheme
Suspect alleged to have illegally obtained state-owned land worth €6.9 million.
Czech MEP mounts last-minute bid to stop Ukraine free-trade extension
Ally of ex-PM Andrej Babiš pulls maneuver that could upset fragile compromise, and leave Kyiv out in the cold.
Intensive pig farming hogs scarce water in drought-hit Catalonia
Europe’s top pork-producing region is ground zero for intensive systems that devour scarce water and cause nitrate pollution.
New EU rules to curb deforestation add to farmers’ red tape woes
European farmers say the legislation will saddle them with more obligations that they can ill afford.
Macron’s top candidate for EU election refuses to pledge support for Von der Leyen’s reelection bid
In an interview with POLITICO, Valérie Hayer doubled down on a record of centrism and compromise.
EU discord over Ukraine free trade spells trouble for Kyiv’s accession hopes
EU countries’ bickering over whether to grant Ukraine’s farm production another year of access to their markets could well be a taste of what’s to come if Kyiv becomes the bloc’s 28th member.
The EU compromise machine is breaking — and everyone’s blaming Germany
Berlin’s domestic spats are gumming up the EU’s delicate policymaking process.
Russia is winning the global grain war
And it’s turning EU countries against Ukraine in the process.
Election fever imperils EU free trade with Ukraine
Renewal of duty-free access for Ukrainian produce, introduced following Russia’s invasion, now hangs by a thread.
EU takes the ax to green farming rules
The European Commission’s move to slash environmental requirements for farmers comes as top scientists are urging just the opposite.
Ukrainian agriculture belongs in the EU: Kyiv’s top trade official
Let’s stick to facts, not emotions, Taras Kachka tells POLITICO.
European farmers say they’re being screwed by Big Food. Is a price floor the answer?
Minimum prices would address farmers’ concerns that they are being short-changed by buyers. But it would be a recipe for overproduction.
Putin the only winner as Poland’s Tusk flounders over Ukraine border fight
Poland blockades its ally Ukraine while buying farm goods from its enemy Russia.
French farmers block iconic Paris locales with tractors and hay
Some 66 people were detained by police following the protest Friday morning.
Farmers turn up heat on Macron. Is the far right leading them?
The French president has accused Coordination Rurale, a union which seized the limelight in recent farmers’ protests, of working with the National Rally.
Dutch farmers back Wilders as centrist nightmares come true
Far-right radical seen as last chance to avoid EU pollution rules.