Farmers Protests

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Polish farmers’ Solidarity trade union plans a general strike starting next Friday with a blockade of border crossings between Poland and Ukraine, it said, joining similar protests all over Europe. Farmers in France, Belgium, Portugal, Greece and Germany have been protesting over the impact on farming of the EU’s drive to … Read more

Farmers threw eggs and stones at the European Parliament on Thursday, starting fires near the building and setting off fireworks amid protests to press a summit of European Union leaders to do more to help them with taxes and rising costs. Protesters tried to tear down the barriers erected in front of parliament – a … Read more