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EU envoys strike new deal on Ukraine food imports

By GFM Network News, Reuters March 27, 2024

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.

French farmers drive their tractors on a highway as they protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, in Longvilliers, near Paris, France, January 29, 2024. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

France leads push for greater Ukraine import curbs as farmers protest

Destabilized markets could erode public supports for Kyiv, French agriculture minister says

By GFM Network News, Reuters March 26, 2024

France said on Tuesday that it and a group of other EU countries were pushing for greater curbs on imports of food products from Ukraine to prevent the destabilization of EU agricultural markets.

A demonstrator reacts as Spanish farmers protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation and grievances shared by farmers across Europe, in Madrid, Spain, February 26, 2024. REUTERS/Juan Medina

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

Reductions in farm inspections, exemptions for small farms under consideration

By GFM Network News, Kate Abnett, Reuters March 12, 2024

European Union country leaders will urge the EU to work quickly on more measures to support farmers in response to months of protests by angry agriculture workers, draft conclusions for an EU leaders' summit showed.

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Markets

Europe’s grain farms await rain break after damp winter

Weak prices for maize could encourage planting other crops

By GFM Network News, Gus Trompiz, Michael Hogan, Reuters March 8, 2024

Grain growers in western Europe will need rain to ease this month to progress with spring planting, after a wet February maintained soggy field conditions that have already put the region on course for a smaller wheat harvest, analysts said.

Farmers protesting in Toulouse, France, on January 16, 2024, with tractors bearing placards that read ‘Macron still an effort, soon all farmers will be dead’. Photo by Alain Pitton/NurPhoto via Reuters

French farmers prepare tough welcome for Macron at farm show

Demonstrations resume amid anger over costs, red tape, green regulations

By GFM Network News, Reuters, Sybille De La Hamaide February 23, 2024

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.

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

By GFM Network News, Reuters February 13, 2024

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.

Farmers gather outside the Basque regional parliament in front of riot police during a protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, in Vitoria, Spain, February 8, 2024. REUTERS/Vincent West

Op/Ed

Will Europe’s farmer protests pay off?

Tractor protests in France are the latest rebellion of EU farmers against unfair competition and red tape

By Sandrine Benoist February 12, 2024

French farmers vowed to blockade the Paris region ahead of a Feb. 1 European summit, and as of Jan. 31, more than 100 roads were blocked and 10,000 people were demonstrating across the country, according to the French interior ministry. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal attempted to quell the unrest by granting emergency subsidies for organic

Protesters lead a cow on a street in downtown Milan as people protest against European agricultural policies, next to the Regional Council of Lombardy in Milan, Italy February 5, 2024. REUTERS/Claudia Greco

Italy’s farmers head to Rome in tractor convoy protest

Protests in France, Germany eased; farmers blocked Dutch-Belgian border

By GFM Network News, Reuters February 5, 2024

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.

A farmer gestures during a protest against European agricultural policies, in Floriana, Malta February 2, 2024. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

Farmers block Dutch-Belgian border as anger spreads across Europe

Polish farmers threaten closure of Ukraine border; France promises more farm measures

By GFM Network News, Reuters February 2, 2024

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.

An effigy and a placard reading “Our end will be your hunger” are attached to a tractor as farm vehicles are lined up during a blockade by farmers on the A4 highway to protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances that are shared by farmers across Europe, in Jossigny, near Paris, France, January 31, 2024. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq

EU plans curbs on Ukraine farm imports to calm angry farmers

Measures possible for other farm produce if markets disrupted

By GFM Network News, Philip Blenkinsop, Reuters January 31, 2024

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.

Daily Network News

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