The choice In her campaign pitch on Monday night, she told the audience, which included people tuning in to the livestream online and via about 100 “watch parties” around the world, she wanted to fight for a strong Europe for the sake of her children and grandchildren. Von der Leyen portrayed herself as a unifying … Read more
Over the past few years, the EU has been at the forefront of the fight against climate change and pushing for sustainability across all its policies. As president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen set the tone by presenting in her political guidelines for 2019-2024 the main pillar of the EU’s work during … Read more
“Today’s demonstration does not have much in common with the fight for better conditions for farmers,” Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on X. “The demonstration is organized by people who, for example, do not hide their support for the Kremlin and pursue goals other than the interests of farmers.” “We deal with those who really … Read more
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But at the party’s congress in Lyon, where delegates were plotting how to avoid expected losses in this June’s EU election, green politicians repeatedly insisted it was their conservative and far-right opponents, not them, that had left farmers in dire straits. They even made their case directly to farmers, who were invited to air grievances … Read more
But after Thursday’s European Council summit in Brussels, Sánchez rejected Attal’s comments and praised Spanish produce. He said that its popularity was due to its superior quality. “Our products’ success is the result of the huge innovative advances undertaken by the agricultural sector and the hard work of Spanish farmers,” the prime minister said. Sánchez … Read more
These included a U-turn on the taxation of diesel fuel used by tractors which had been agreed on a few months ago and a pledge to speed up the disbursement of cash through the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Grégoire Bouillant, a wheat farmer in a rural town in the Paris region, said he was … Read more
“My impression is that the reason why we see this behavior is because they fear getting trapped and overcome by the far right,” Ribera said. Speaking in the Spanish delegation offices at the European Council building in Brussels, she accused the EPP of a “populist style, connected to what Trump may represent” and said the … Read more
Attal also promised to limit administrative hurdles for farmers by halving (from 4 to 2 months) the delay to launch a legal action against authorizations for farm works such as the expansion of a barn. He also pledged to increase existing financial support to farmers and also to speed up the disbursement of cash under … Read more
A recent study, published in the Environmental Health Perspectives journal, has found that women are exposed to almost a thousand dangerous chemicals that are found in everyday foods, beauty products and other consumer products. The chemicals were analysed by a team of researchers on databases run by the International Agency for Cancer Research (IACR), the … Read more
