
Paris Conditions EU-Mercosur Agreement on French Agricultural Privileges
Macron plays a double game: leading the blockade in Brussels while seeking bilateral concessions with Brazil.

Macron plays a double game: leading the blockade in Brussels while seeking bilateral concessions with Brazil.

“Let me be clear: you are setting our countrysides on fire.”

The Commission president “will go down in history as the gravedigger of the Common Agricultural Policy—practically the only thing still common in Europe,” Spanish farm union president Pedro Barato said.

The problem facing the UK and most Western European nations is not simply mass migration but that these societies lack a story that could bind people together.

As many as 100,000 olive trees could be uprooted to fulfill green transition goals.
Eight planned solar projects could lead to the removal of nearly 100,000 olive trees.

The postponement highlights the bloc’s struggle to balance its climate goals with industry needs and competitiveness.
Karol Nawrocki reaffirmed his ‘Poland first’ attitude and promised not to give in to the demands of Brussels.

Saddled with strict regulations and fearing the looming EU free trade agreement with South America, farmers still have many questions for the political class.

As the group most attached to traditional values, like family and faith, farmers don’t fit into the worldview of Brussels’ liberal elite.