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Disruption has continued, with EU officials hindered from reaching their offices by tractors blocking roads. ‘In democracy, no one’s actions are above criticism,’ Commission Vice President Věra Jourová tells POLITICO.
Right now, we must focus only on maintaining the same budget for the CAP. Here’s where Trump and Biden are most likely to play fast and loose with the facts ahead of Tuesday night’s faceoff. Dairy farmers in Shropshire, England, recently won a price increase to £0.29 (0.36 euros) per litre from a leading processor but reported that the cost of production was still £0.31 (0.38 euros). Dairy farmers use hoses to spray the European Parliament building with milk to protest against low milk prices.European dairy farmers douse the European Parliament building in Brussels with milk during a protest against low milk prices.The angry protesters also set light to tyres in hope of pushing EU policy makers to adopt better milk production regulations in Europe.The farmers, from France, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, arrived by tractor in the European capital to coincide their action with key agricultural meetings taking place this week at the EU institutions.EU agricultural ministers will be deciding on the reform of the Common Market Organisation on Wednesday and Thursday this week.
Did the U.S. win the battle but lose the war on ractopamine? While the protest was in good humour, with Dutch Newspaper De Telegraaf reporting that farmers gave out hot coffee to the police officers on duty in the cold weather, a column of armoured vehicles deployed by the Dutch government’s military police were seen moving into position as the tractors got closer to the parliament buildings.
President says he’s fighting ‘tooth and nail’ to get MEPs back to French city. If you do not have a login you can register here. There is no Brexit agreement in place to legally move people’s health data from UK apps to EU ones and vice versa. What we are afraid of is they may eventually disappear in the future. Can you trust US polls? The protest clearly took the police by surprise, however, and its planning took place in secret, with organisers reportedly referring to it as a “surprise attack” on Amsterdam. A weekly newsletter on campaigning, lobbying and political influence in the EU. In a surreal moment, the police attempted to close the roads leading into the city but the farmers used the off-road capabilities of their machines to simply drive around the roadblocks and carry on, according to reports.
The EU is the world's largest milk producer and in 2010 nearly 47% of its 123bn euro budget went on subsidies and other forms of financial aid for farmers, including dairy producers. Erwin Schopges, head of the EMB in Belgium, said Tuesday's protests would be "symbolic" and calmer. This week’s tractor protests are not by far the first in Europe. The Dutch Parliament has also voted to lower speed limits on motorways accross the country from 80 to 60 miles per hour, to reduce pollution.
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Read about our approach to external linking. Moreover, the new seven-year budget does not ensure that payments will grow fast enough to reach the EU average, according to Grybauskaitė.