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Farmers drive tractors in front of government office, where they dumped manure, during a protest against European Union agricultural policies, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, in Prague, Czech Republic, March 7, 2024. REUTERS/Eva Korinkova

Europe’s restless farmers are forcing policymakers to act

Polls suggest the general population is on farmers' side; farmers lynchpins of rural economies say leaders

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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.
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European farmers have not embraced green policies

International trade observer points out complex relationship between the EU and its national governments and producers

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The push for more sustainable agriculture policies in Europe is accentuating the complex relationship between member states and the European Commission, said a trade expert based in Brussels. Christina Kaul […] Read more
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EU envoys strike new deal on Ukraine food imports

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Ambassadors from European Union countries reached a revised deal on Wednesday to extend tariff-free food imports from Ukraine - with restrictions - after some states complained the original agreement risked destabilizing the bloc's agricultural markets.
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EU plans to hit Russia, Belarus grain imports with tariffs

Commission aims to curb Russian income, prevent market distortions, placate farmers

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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 use tractors as they protest against the European Union’s Green Deal and imports of Ukrainian agricultural products, in Zakret, near Warsaw, Poland March 20, 2024. REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel

Polish farmers intensify protests against ‘executioner’ EU

Germany proposes income smoothing to reduce farmers' taxes in face of farmer anger

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Polish farmers blocked roads with tractors and flares on Wednesday in escalating protests against EU environmental regulations and cheap food imports from neighbouring Ukraine which the bloc provisionally agreed to prolong.
A man carries a Polish flag next to burning tyres, as farmers protest outside Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s office against the European Union’s Green Deal and imports of Ukrainian agricultural products, in Warsaw, Poland, March 6, 2024. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

EU plan to ease farmers’ fallow land requirement stalls

Farmers have staged weeks of protests against EU environmental restrictions, cheap imports

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European policymakers' plan to replace a requirement for farmers to leave land fallow with a voluntary scheme has been held up by disagreement on details, the agriculture commissioner said on Friday on a visit to Warsaw.
FILE PHOTO: Polish farmers protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe and against the import of agricultural produce and food products from Ukraine near the Polish Ukrainian border crossing in Dorohusk, Poland, February 18, 2024. Jakub Orzechowski/Agencja Wyborcza.pl via REUTERS/File Photo

Polish farmers backtrack on unblocking Ukraine border crossing, PAP reports

Protesting farmers say they will block Slovakia border against Ukrainian, Russian goods until end of month

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Polish farmers increased the number of trucks they let through the Dorohusk border crossing with Ukraine on Wednesday but backpedaled on a promise to unblock it completely, state news agency PAP reported on Wednesday.