New EU Law Targeting Livestock Farmers Comes Into Force
Nearly 40,000 pig and poultry farms are subject to the law.
Nearly 40,000 pig and poultry farms are subject to the law.
The government fears a revolt by drivers similar to that of the Yellow Vests.
The EU’s increasingly stringent environmental laws, already responsible for putting many farmers out of business, is something all should worry about if we value easy access to affordable food.
Irish PM affirms decision is Brussels’—not Dublin’s—to make.
Despite a triumph during March’s regional elections, hopes for Dutch agrarian populists have turned into mud, as the political mainstream prepares to assert itself during November elections.
Farmers rallied outside the planned site of a chemical plant in eastern Antwerp, which protestors say underlines the government’s double standards when it comes to nitrogen emissions for big business.
The BBB and its coalition partners announced they would not cooperate with the federal government’s controversial plan to force buy-outs of farmers.
Proposals by Polish Green MEP Sylwia Spurek that would guarantee the right of EU citizens to live free from the smells caused by animal farming are the latest in a worrying anti-meat turn by Eurocrats.
The populist BBB, only founded in 2019, is expected to become the largest bloc in the Dutch Senate as the ring-wing Forum for Democracy saw its vote share collapse.
Flemish farmers deem themselves unfairly targeted, echoing their Dutch colleagues’ grievances who last year made their own voices heard.
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