Brussels Turnabout: Food Security Suddenly Becomes Top Priority
As elections approach, Eurocrats have a newfound concern for the agriculture sector.
As elections approach, Eurocrats have a newfound concern for the agriculture sector.
An estimated 300 tractors participated in Tuesday’s protest as farming organisations promise continued demonstrations.
The soft turnabout reads more like electoral maneuvering than genuine concern for struggling farmers.
North African strawberries were contaminated with Hepatitis A.
Farmers are a potent force in French politics and icons of traditional cuisine and lifestyle, especially this year.
The strategy of the French Right is to change the rules of the game from the inside.
Ignoring the concerns of farmers, EU member states will now have to make swathes of their territory unfarmable by 2030.
Whether the measures requested by the agriculture ministers will be implemented—or make a difference to farmers—remains to be seen.
Fishermen also joined the protests, which took place at the same time as demonstrations in Brussels.
Campaigning for reelection—and dogged by farmer protests against cheap Ukrainian imports—von der Leyen has abruptly mothballed the Ukraine question.
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