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Fires and a toppled statue: Farmers clash with police by EU Parliament

BRUSSELS — Police fired water at protesting farmers who clogged the streets of Brussels with tractor...

8 months ago

Intensive pig farming hogs scarce water in drought-hit Catalonia

BARCELONA — In the region of Osona, to the north of Barcelona, there are seven times as many pigs as people.Hectares of pig farms — long, barrack-like brick buildings with half-closed windows — stretch from the roadside into the distance. Metal cylinders...

6 months ago

New EU rules to curb deforestation add to farmers’ red tape woes

For months, European farmers have been protesting what they see as excessive red tape and environmental restrictions from Brussels. Soon, they’ll have even more forms to fill out. Under new EU rules set to apply from January, European farmers will be requ...

6 months ago

Europe’s soil emergency

BRUSSELS — Extreme weather has made 2024 a ruinous year for European farmers. Charged by climate change, a savage cycle of droughts and floods, winter heat waves and late frosts has devastated agricultural areas. In recent months, cows died of thirst in S...

2 weeks ago

European Commission maps out ‘power grab’ over €1.2 trillion money pot

BRUSSELS ― European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is laying out how she plans to pressure countries to implement key economic reforms if they want to access the EU’s €1.2 trillion seven-year cash pot.The Commission's budget officials mapped ou...

1 week ago

Commission’s budget plans endanger the European project, says regions chief

BRUSSELS ― The European project will be “put in jeopardy” if the Commission takes power away from local bodies to dictate how EU funds should be spent, the bloc's regions chief said.Speaking at a press conference in Brussels on Monday, Vasco Alves Cordeir...

1 week ago