Spain: Farmers on Tractors Protest in Madrid Over Mercosur Deal and CAP Policy

Thousands of farmers and beekeepers on hundreds of tractors gathered in Madrid on Wednesday, February 11, to protest against the EU-Mercosur trade agreement and cuts to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

Spain: Thousands of Farmers Rally Against EU–Mercosur Trade Deal 4

More than 25,000 farmers and 15,000 tractors mobilized across Spain on Thursday, January 29 to protest the EU–Mercosur trade agreement and proposed cuts to Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) funding. The demonstrations, organized by Asaja, COAG, and UPA, drew strong participation despite bad weather that forced cancellations in Seville and Madrid

Spain: Thousands of Farmers Rally Against EU–Mercosur Trade Deal 3

More than 25,000 farmers and 15,000 tractors mobilized across Spain on Thursday, January 29 to protest the EU–Mercosur trade agreement and proposed cuts to Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) funding. The demonstrations, organized by Asaja, COAG, and UPA, drew strong participation despite bad weather that forced cancellations in Seville and Madrid

Spain: Thousands of Farmers Rally Against EU–Mercosur Trade Deal 2

More than 25,000 farmers and 15,000 tractors mobilized across Spain on Thursday, January 29 to protest the EU–Mercosur trade agreement and proposed cuts to Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) funding. The demonstrations, organized by Asaja, COAG, and UPA, drew strong participation despite bad weather that forced cancellations in Seville and Madrid

Spain: Thousands of Farmers Rally Against EU–Mercosur Trade Deal

More than 25,000 farmers and 15,000 tractors mobilized across Spain on Thursday, January 29 to protest the EU–Mercosur trade agreement and proposed cuts to Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) funding. The demonstrations, organized by Asaja, COAG, and UPA, drew strong participation despite bad weather that forced cancellations in Seville and Madrid

Belgium: Protesting Farmers Arrive At EU Capital Brussels With Tractors 5

Hundreds of farmers arrived at the EU Capital Brussels with tractors on Monday morning, February 26, ahead of the EU agriculture ministers’ meeting. Chaotic scene erupted as police deployed water cannons to deter demonstrators away from EU institutions and rowdy protesters setting fires, dumping manure, and driving their trucks onto roadblocks. This video shows one of the tractor bumping into barrier and almost hurting a person.

Farmers Protest On Eve Of Agricultural Fair - Paris

Farmers Protest On Eve Of Agricultural Fair - Paris

police talk to farmers in their tractor French farmers of farmer unions FNSEA and Jeunes Agriculteurs (JA) agricultural union with tractors attend a demonstration on the on the place of November 9, 1989 ahead of the opening of the 60th International Agriculture Fair (Salon de l'Agriculture), western Paris, on February 23, 2024. Demonstrations take place across Europe with farmers demanding lower fuel taxes, better prices for products and an easing of EU environmental regulations, as in France, an agricultural fair (Salon de l'Agriculture) is to be held for its 60th edition at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris from February 24 to March 3, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

Farmers Protest On Eve Of Agricultural Fair - Paris

Farmers Protest On Eve Of Agricultural Fair - Paris

a silhouette of a hanged man alongside a tractor French farmers of farmer unions FNSEA and Jeunes Agriculteurs (JA) agricultural union with tractors attend a demonstration on the on the place of November 9, 1989 ahead of the opening of the 60th International Agriculture Fair (Salon de l'Agriculture), western Paris, on February 23, 2024. Demonstrations take place across Europe with farmers demanding lower fuel taxes, better prices for products and an easing of EU environmental regulations, as in France, an agricultural fair (Salon de l'Agriculture) is to be held for its 60th edition at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris from February 24 to March 3, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

Farmers Protest On Eve Of Agricultural Fair - Paris

Farmers Protest On Eve Of Agricultural Fair - Paris

Macron with a tractor behindFrench farmers of farmer unions FNSEA and Jeunes Agriculteurs (JA) agricultural union with tractors attend a demonstration on the on the place of November 9, 1989 ahead of the opening of the 60th International Agriculture Fair (Salon de l'Agriculture), western Paris, on February 23, 2024. Demonstrations take place across Europe with farmers demanding lower fuel taxes, better prices for products and an easing of EU environmental regulations, as in France, an agricultural fair (Salon de l'Agriculture) is to be held for its 60th edition at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris from February 24 to March 3, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

Tractor demonstrations continue in Spain

STORY: Tractor demonstrations continue in Spain SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 7, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 8, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:42 LOCATION: GIRONA, Spain CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of pictures of the blockades of farmers with their tractors on the AP-7 highway in Girona in the direction of Barcelona, north-east of Spain STORYLINE: Thousands of farmers in Spain staged a second day of tractor demonstrations on Wednesday across the country. The protests led to several main national highways being blocked. The farmers demand changes in European Union farming policies and measures to combat production cost hikes and severe drought. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Girona, Spain. (XHTV)