Insights and Stories on European Commission

EU plans to hit Russia, Belarus grain imports with tariffs

Mar. 22, 2024 at 11:58 am CDT

The European Commission proposed on Friday imposing tariffs on imports of grain from Russia and Belarus in an attempt to prevent Moscow and its ally from distorting EU markets and placate farmers who have protested for months over cheap imports.

Polish farmers intensify protests against ‘executioner’ EU

Mar. 20, 2024 at 9:45 am CDT

By Reuters

EU plan to ease farmers’ fallow land requirement stalls

Mar. 15, 2024 at 9:30 am CDT

By Anna Koper 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

Photo of protesting farmers facing a line of police in riot gear.

Tractors choke Spanish city streets as farmers protest EU policy

Feb. 8, 2024 at 9:45 am CST

By Reuters

EU recommends ambitious 2040 climate target, goes light on farming

Feb. 6, 2024 at 5:32 pm CST

The European Commission recommended on Tuesday that the EU slash net greenhouse gas emissions by 90 per cent by 2040, an ambitious target that will test political appetite for the region's fight against climate change ahead of EU elections.

By Kate Abnett Reuters

Italy’s farmers head to Rome in tractor convoy protest

Feb. 5, 2024 at 10:52 am CST

Italian farmers protesting about red tape and cheap imports from outside the EU headed towards Rome in convoys of tractors on Monday, while their colleagues in the north led a cow through the streets of Milan.

By Reuters

Ukraine’s farm unions ask government to protect free EU market access

Feb. 5, 2024 at 9:49 am CST

Ukrainian agrarian unions have asked the government to do everything possible to maintain free access to the European market for their food products, the UCAB association said on Monday.

By Pavel Polityuk Reuters

Farmers block Dutch-Belgian border as anger spreads across Europe

Feb. 2, 2024 at 11:04 am CST

Farmers blocked the Dutch-Belgian border on Friday and occupied roads in Greece while their Polish peers announced plans to shut border crossings with Ukraine as protests for fairer prices and less red tape spread across Europe.

By Charlotte Van Campenhout Christian Levaux Reuters

Europe needs to ‘profoundly’ change its farming rules, says Macron

Feb. 1, 2024 at 11:46 am CST

Europe's farming sector is facing a major crisis and needs to 'profoundly' change its rules, French President Emmanuel Macron said in Brussels, reaffirming Paris is against striking the Mercosur free-trade agreement with Latin American countries.

By Reuters

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Insights and Stories on European Commission

EU plans to hit Russia, Belarus grain imports with tariffs

Polish farmers intensify protests against ‘executioner’ EU

EU plan to ease farmers’ fallow land requirement stalls

EU leader proposes policy shift as farmers protest

Tractors choke Spanish city streets as farmers protest EU policy

EU recommends ambitious 2040 climate target, goes light on farming

Italy’s farmers head to Rome in tractor convoy protest

Ukraine’s farm unions ask government to protect free EU market access

Farmers block Dutch-Belgian border as anger spreads across Europe

Europe needs to ‘profoundly’ change its farming rules, says Macron

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