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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.

May 23, 2024 6:00 am CET

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.

May 15, 2024 6:52 pm CET

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.

May 7, 2024 7:30 pm CET

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.

May 7, 2024 5:00 am CET

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.

April 30, 2024 6:59 pm CET

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.

April 28, 2024 8:00 pm CET

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.

April 25, 2024 6:34 pm CET

Ukrainian agriculture minister under suspicion of orchestrating land-grab scheme

Suspect alleged to have illegally obtained state-owned land worth €6.9 million.

April 23, 2024 2:17 pm CET

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.

April 18, 2024 7:38 pm CET

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.

April 8, 2024 4:00 am CET

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.

April 5, 2024 1:47 pm CET

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.

April 3, 2024 10:15 pm CET
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Botswana threatens to deport 20,000 elephants to Germany

“No joke.”

April 2, 2024 5:53 pm CET

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.

March 28, 2024 4:36 am CET

The EU compromise machine is breaking — and everyone’s blaming Germany

Berlin’s domestic spats are gumming up the EU’s delicate policymaking process.

March 27, 2024 5:00 pm CET

Russia is winning the global grain war

And it’s turning EU countries against Ukraine in the process.

March 19, 2024 3:27 pm CET

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.

March 14, 2024 4:49 pm CET

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.

March 13, 2024 9:34 am CET

Ukrainian agriculture belongs in the EU: Kyiv’s top trade official

Let’s stick to facts, not emotions, Taras Kachka tells POLITICO.

March 7, 2024 5:44 pm CET

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.

March 6, 2024 1:04 pm CET

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.

March 5, 2024 5:41 pm CET

French farmers block iconic Paris locales with tractors and hay

Some 66 people were detained by police following the protest Friday morning.

March 1, 2024 2:42 pm CET

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.

March 1, 2024 6:00 am CET

Dutch farmers back Wilders as centrist nightmares come true

Far-right radical seen as last chance to avoid EU pollution rules.

February 28, 2024 12:00 pm CET
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