Farmers in Eastern and Southern Europe Protest Against EU Agricultural and Climate Policies

Published on February 10, 2024

Farmers in Poland, Spain, Italy, and Hungary demonstrated Friday as part of ongoing protests against European Union farming policies and demanded measures to combat production cost hikes, reduced profits, and unfair competition from non-EU countries. Farmers complain that the 27-nation EU’s environmental and agriculture policies related to the European Green Deal are a financial burden and make their products more expensive than non-EU imports. Imports of cheap grain, milk, and other produce from neighboring Ukraine particularly impacted Polish farmers. In protest, they drove their tractors across the country to slow traffic and block major roads. Tractors carried Polish flags and honked horns, and some displayed signs that read “Stop the Green Deal” and “Stop Imports From Ukraine.”...

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