Farmer protest
Brussels and Kyiv mend trade ties after farmer fury over imports
Deal promises greater EU market access for Ukraine in return for aligning farm standards — and political calm at the border.
Merz can’t count on Macron to save the EU’s Latin American trade deal
Netherlands delays nitrogen emissions target, defying its own judges and the EU
Angry farmers push Poland away from Ukraine
Macron can’t count on Meloni to kill the EU’s trade deal with South America
‘Never again’: Britain’s furious farmers turn on Labour
French farmers to hit streets as EU-Mercosur trade deal nears finish line
EU plans cash help for farmers to overcome French resistance to Mercosur deal
A French diplomat described the proposal as “an interesting option.”
‘Really dangerous’: Farmers hate results of von der Leyen’s reform dialogue
Lobby group Copa-Cogeca is hardening its position after backlash from angry members.
Von der Leyen budgeted €149K to pay medieval history professor for farming report
The European Commission president bumped up the salary rate for academic to nearly €1,000 per day.
Von der Leyen’s first 100 days: What she’s promised, what it means and what she’ll really deliver
The Commission president is promising to move quickly with far-reaching reforms. How credible is her plan?
Thousands protest across France after Macron rejects left’s demands
Demonstrations took place in Paris as well as other cities including Nantes, Nice, Marseille and Strasbourg.
Whatever happened to the climate kids?
After Greens suffered bruising losses in the European Parliament election, some say tired and divided climate activists have lost their way.
EU’s last-ditch bid to pass nature law sputters
Negotiators are banking that environment ministers can produce a last-minute twist of fate on Monday.
Greens woo von der Leyen: We’re your only choice
The Greens say the EU’s top executive needs them to form a pro-European coalition — and claim they’ll make it worth her while.
France’s farmers helped the far right win. Now they’re regretting it.
The National Rally’s success in the European election cost farmer unions’ centrist allies their seats in the European Parliament.
China is threatening EU agriculture. Should farmers squeal?
Beijing’s threat of tariffs on EU agricultural imports comes as trade volumes are already falling.
Ursula von der Leyen’s secret climate crusade
Has the European Commission president given up on her green agenda going into a possible second term — or is she just biding her time?
Militant farmers vent fury in Brussels on eve of EU election
But only 1,000 show up to a protest boycotted by mainstream farming organizations.
Meet the — really — angry farmers coming to take down Brussels
They accuse the EU establishment of trying to wipe them out with its Green Deal agenda and say only the far right listens.
Europe’s farmers revel in affection despite Green Deal clash
Leading EU politicians pay devoted lip service to farmers but offer no legislation to solve their green dilemma.
Rushed rollback of EU green farming rules triggers dismay
The bloc’s notoriously complex legislative process can apparently be simplified — when it comes to farmers, that is, and when an election is around the corner.
Czech MEP mounts last-minute bid to stop Ukraine free-trade extension
Ally of ex-PM Andrej Babiš pulls maneuver that could upset fragile compromise, and leave Kyiv out in the cold.
Farm trade rift puts Ukraine’s EU aspirations in limbo
If Ukraine wants to join the EU, it may have to leave its agricultural sector out in the cold.
Viktor Orbán’s plan for Europe
In the Hungarian leader, the EU faces a new type of Euroskeptic, one who doesn’t want to leave the bloc but shape it.
New EU rules to curb deforestation add to farmers’ red tape woes
European farmers say the legislation will saddle them with more obligations that they can ill afford.