Reading Time: 2 minutes French farmers were back on the streets of Paris on Friday, warning President Emmanuel Macron that he should expect a difficult welcome when he opens a major farm show on Saturday, amid anger over costs, red tape and green regulations.
French farmers prepare tough welcome for Macron at farm show
Demonstrations resume amid anger over costs, red tape, green regulations
Head of French farmers union says protests could resume
Government in talks with farmers over prices, regulation and bureaucracy but union says its not doing enough
Reading Time: < 1 minute The head of France's biggest farming union - the FNSEA - said on Tuesday that protests that hit the sector last month could resume if the government does not do more to meet their demands for better pay and working conditions.
Italy’s farmers head to Rome in tractor convoy protest
Protests in France, Germany eased; farmers blocked Dutch-Belgian border
Reading Time: 2 minutes 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.
Farmers block Dutch-Belgian border as anger spreads across Europe
Polish farmers threaten closure of Ukraine border; France promises more farm measures
Reading Time: 3 minutes 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.
EU plans curbs on Ukraine farm imports to calm angry farmers
Measures possible for other farm produce if markets disrupted
Reading Time: 2 minutes The European Commission on Wednesday proposed measures to limit agricultural imports from Ukraine and offer greater flexibility on rules for fallow land in a bid to quell protests by angry farmers in France and other EU members.
France drops plan to decrease farmers’ diesel discount
Protests to continue on unanswered questions says farming union
Reading Time: 2 minutes The French government dropped plans to gradually reduce state subsidies on agricultural diesel but that seems not enough for angry farmers surrounding Paris and still threatening to converge on the capital in their tractors.
French farmers block road linking France and Spain
Spain's federation of transport said farmers destroyed goods, including 20,000 litres of wine
Reading Time: 2 minutes French farmers blocked a main road linking France and Spain with a demonstration at the border on Friday as part of nationwide protests over low food prices and excessive bureaucracy.
French farmers block roads, dump produce as protest edges closer to Paris
Farming union handed French government a list of demands late Wednesday
Reading Time: 3 minutes French farmers blocked highways and dumped crates of imported produce on Thursday, demanding urgent action on low farmgate prices, green regulation and free-trade policies as swelling protests moved closer to Paris.
Explainer: Why are French farmers protesting?
Many farmers feeling pinched by costs, imports, environmental regulations and disregarded by French society
Reading Time: 2 minutes 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.
One dead, two injured as French farmer protests spread
Farmers union says road blocks won't be lifted until government action on economic, regulatory concerns
Reading Time: 3 minutes Protesting farmers blocked roads across France on Tuesday and there was one fatal accident, as their unions urged the government to ease its drive for lower consumer prices and reduce environmental regulations.
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