Jan 29, 2024 at 12:43 Update: 13 minutes ago Farmers across France have taken to the streets again to demonstrate against the government’s agricultural policies. This afternoon they want to blockade Paris by blocking the main highways. Similar actions are also underway in Belgium. On Monday morning, about forty blockades have already been counted in … Read more
French farmers’ organizations want more wages and better working conditions and are threatening on Monday to block all traffic in and out of Paris. Farmers across France have recently used tractors and trucks to block roads and create traffic chaos. On Sunday, several motorways around the country were still closed. On Monday afternoon, an escalation … Read more
Around a hundred farmers went to Mons this Saturday evening, for the Festival of Lights. Their goal? Make yourself heard, raise awareness among the population and challenge politicians to try to make things happen. Also read “Everything happened peacefully”: around a hundred tractors burst into the Mons Lights Festival this Saturday evening Among the demonstrators, … Read more
A first response to the anger of farmers? The Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire indicated this Friday during a press briefing from the Ministry of Agriculture that he had noted “a certain number of infringements” of the Egalim law on the part of “industrialists” and “of certain distributors. However, these transgressions have an … Read more
Discontent is gaining ground. Considering themselves “attacked” in their profession, taxi drivers in the Rhône are calling for Lyon to be blocked on Monday. Two snail operations are planned from 8 a.m., the profession announces in a press release. One of the convoys will leave Dardilly to reach the city center of Lyon, and the … Read more
In Germany today, January 8, a large-scale strike of farmers and everyone related to the industry began. These are transport workers, logistics workers, the food industry, as well as their trade unions. Protesters demand lower taxes, higher wages, increased subsidies and a reduction in food taxes from 19% to 7%. Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised that … Read more
NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 02:31 A group of farmers tried to storm a ferry in northern Germany. On board was Robert Habeck, the German Vice Chancellor on behalf of the Greens and Minister of Economic Affairs. According to German media, Habeck was on his way back from a holiday on the Wadden Island of Hooge. In the … Read more
ANPEarlier today the farmers were in The Hague NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 01:12 A column of about 120 tractors protested last night against the new environmental rules on manure, which the House of Representatives debated earlier in the day. The tractor procession drove from Teuge to Apeldoorn and then via the A1 highway to Deventer. The procession … Read more
“We won’t accept this,” shouts farmers’ president Joachim Rukwied at a rally in Berlin. Thousands of farmers mobilized against the federal government on Monday to protest against the planned abolition of tax breaks. An end to regulations on agricultural diesel and vehicle tax exemption is “a declaration of war” – and this is being accepted. … Read more
ANPlow-emission stable NOS News•today, 12:44 Minister Adema will talk to the European Commission about subsidies for farmers who become more sustainable. It was recently announced that payments to farmers under the so-called CAP eco scheme are much lower than previously thought. This subsidy scheme is intended to encourage European farmers to invest in sustainability and … Read more