Insights and Stories on Environmental Policy

Europe’s restless farmers are forcing policymakers to act

Apr. 3, 2024 at 10:27 am CDT

European policymakers have scaled back rules to protect nature, drawn up limits on the import of tariff-free Ukrainian grains and scrapped new legislation limiting pesticide use as farmers' protests resonate with voters ahead of elections.

EU plan to ease farmers’ fallow land requirement stalls

Mar. 15, 2024 at 9:30 am CDT

By Anna Koper Reuters

EU countries to demand bloc does more to help farmers, draft statement says

Mar. 12, 2024 at 10:38 am CDT

By Jan Strupczewski Kate Abnett Reuters

Tractors drive down a highway near Paris, France.

EU leader proposes policy shift as farmers protest

Feb. 23, 2024 at 4:04 pm CST

By Reuters

EU recommends ambitious 2040 climate target, goes light on farming

Feb. 6, 2024 at 5:32 pm CST

By Kate Abnett Reuters

Belgian farmers block roads to Zeebrugge port as French protests spill over

Jan. 30, 2024 at 9:44 am CST

Belgian farmers angry about rising costs, EU environmental policies and cheap food imports blocked access roads to the Zeebrugge container port on Tuesday.

By Reuters

Explainer: Why are French farmers protesting?

Jan. 24, 2024 at 2:11 pm CST

French farmers are blocking roads across the country to demand government action to address numerous grievances, as protests in the European Union's agricultural sector spread. Here are some of the issues that have prompted the growing protest movement and how the government could respond.

By Gus Trompiz Reuters Sybille De La Hamaide