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PROTEST FRANCE AP-7 | Farmers’ strike in France, live: last minute of attacks on Spanish trucks and road closures
The AP-7 has been left open at mid-morning at the La Jonquera border in both directions, after the cuts since Friday due to the protest by French farmers in Le…
French Prime Minister responds to protesting farmers by retaining tax benefits for agricultural diesel
The French government is backtracking on its plan to scale back tax breaks on diesel for agricultural use. French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said this on Friday during a meeting…
Ruinerwold gets a new scrubbing farmer’s wife, after the previous one disappeared without a trace
Ruinerwold gets a new statue of a scrubbing farmer’s wife. The previous bronze statue by artist Bert Kiewiet disappeared from the village without a trace. Three casts have been made…
New attacks by French farmers against Spanish trucks
Trucks loaded with fruits and vegetables of Spanish origin have been victims again this Thursday of various attacks by French farmers, who are in full mobilization against their Government for…
Farmers count more moths: ‘Never before so many participants’
Farms have counted more butterflies in total this year than in previous years. This is evident from figures from the Butterfly Foundation, LTO Noord and BoerenNatuur. Moreover, Drenthe farmers appear…
General Farmers’ Syndicate does not understand why the Flemish government deals so “nonchalantly and stubbornly” with negative advice on the nitrogen decree
The General Farmers’ Syndicate (ABS) does not understand why Flemish policymakers deal so “nonchalantly and stubbornly” with negative advice. “We therefore continue to ask that this proposed decree not be…
French farmers join the protest of their European colleagues
In recent hours, the French countryside sector has joined the protests launched by farmers in other European countries, such as Germany, the Netherlands, Poland or Romania, against the environmental measures…
Bundestag debates plans for cuts for farmers
BERLIN (dpa-AFX) – The Bundestag will debate on Wednesday the federal government’s controversial plans for cuts to farmers. The tax relief for agricultural diesel is to be gradually abolished. This…
German farmers paralyze traffic with a tractor protest in Berlin. ‘It’s about everything that has been taken from us’
At the end of the afternoon on Sunday, fires were burning on the Strasse des 17. Juni, the avenue that leads to the Brandenburg Gate, fires everywhere at dusk. Tractors…
German farmers’ protests reach peak: thousands of tractors take up position at Berlin’s Brandburger Tor
The farmers’ protests in Germany appear to reach a peak on Monday. According to German media, an estimated 5,000 vehicles have already lined up in the center of Berlin. The…