{"id":2210815,"date":"2024-04-01T16:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T20:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/farmers-revolt-over-radical-green-agenda-could-reshape-europe-ahead-of-eu-elections\/"},"modified":"2024-04-01T16:56:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T20:56:25","slug":"farmers-revolt-over-radical-green-agenda-could-reshape-europe-ahead-of-eu-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/farmers-revolt-over-radical-green-agenda-could-reshape-europe-ahead-of-eu-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmers&#8217; resistance to radical green policies could have a significant impact on Europe before the EU elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffarmers-revolt-over-radical-green-agenda-could-reshape-europe-ahead-of-eu-elections%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2210815&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>European farmers are reshaping the political landscape ahead of the\u2064 EU parliamentary elections. Major demonstrations and protests reflect discontent with regulations \u200dand policies affecting agriculture. Recent concessions aim to appease \u2063farmers&#8217; concerns over issues such as environmental regulations and fair compensation. Their activism has broader implications for political dynamics within the EU beyond agricultural\u2062 matters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>European farmers are reshaping the political landscape across the Atlantic about two months before 27 member states of the European Union (EU) vote on new leadership in their parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n<p>Between June 6 and June 9, residents in the more than two dozen EU countries will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/RegData\/etudes\/ATAG\/2023\/754620\/EPRS_ATA(2023)754620_EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">elect<\/a> 720 politicians to represent them as the continent confronts floundering economies and a potential war with Russia. Major demonstrations from agricultural workers, who are disillusioned by cheap imports and overregulation in the name of environmentalism, have rocked the region for years. The discontent has escalated in recent months, leading to last-minute concessions from EU elites desperate to maintain political capital ahead of the June elections. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-958759691\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-056483828e5370730df26af3241fb46a fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-056483828e5370730df26af3241fb46a\"><\/div>\n<p>In 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/03\/13\/if-the-dutch-government-thought-its-farmers-would-submit-to-environmental-statism-easily-it-was-wrong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dutch<\/a> farmer protests generated global headlines as more than 10,000 people fought aggressive emissions regulations. The new rules threatened to shut down up to 3,000 farms. The Dutch demonstrations have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.american.edu\/sis\/news\/20240305-farmer-protets-take-root-in-europe-and-beyond.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">followed <\/a>by similar uprisings in Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Germany, France, Italy, Greece, Spain, and others over burdensome regulations and Ukrainian grain imports undermining local produce. <\/p>\n<p>In February, the European Commission tried to do some damage control, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2024\/feb\/06\/symbol-of-polarisation-eu-scraps-plans-to-halve-use-of-pesticides\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scrapping <\/a>a bill aimed at halving pesticide use and reigning in agricultural emissions as leaders brace for political blowback at the polls. But the specific limits on pesticides appear to be a minor point among farmers, who are tired of the overwhelming rules and regulations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re tired of working and getting underpaid,\u201d explained one farm protester in a BBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nSYZm32PqtQ\">interview<\/a>. \u201cWe are fed up that they won\u2019t let us do what we want to do in the fields. They force us to plant what they want us to plant. They force us to use the herbicide that they want, and apart from that, we are being underpaid.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Protests have persisted in recent weeks, with demonstrators dumping manure in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/czech-farmers-dump-manure-prague-streets-renewed-protests-2024-03-07\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">streets<\/a> and spraying it at <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/eu-farmers-protest-climate-change-a97ef80dd7ef7adfc6ded4506bef1ab0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">police<\/a>. Arnaud Rousseau, who runs the largest farmers union in France, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/31\/world\/europe\/angry-farmers-are-reshaping-europe.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> The New York Times in a recent interview, \u201cIt\u2019s the end of the world versus the end of the month.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-91d0733c4745056cc4fff1b6f174d8d7 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-91d0733c4745056cc4fff1b6f174d8d7\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no point talking about farm practices that help save the environment, if farmers cannot make a living,\u201d Rousseau said. \u201cEcology without an economy makes no sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe discontent threatens to do more than change how Europe produces its food,\u201d The New York Times reported Sunday. Right-of-center political parties see the populist anger as an \u201cillustration of the confrontation between arrogant elites and the people, urban globalists and rooted farmers.\u201d The electoral success of these parties would likely change the political dynamics in the EU, not just in the form of easing off agricultural regulations but also in seeking to curb migration and <a href=\"https:\/\/responsiblestatecraft.org\/european-aid-to-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scrutinizing<\/a> spending on Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>The farmers are just the most vocal opponents of the bureaucratic leviathan suffocating the entire EU under a mountain of rules and regulations. Federalist Senior Editor David Harsanyi goes through the numbers in his latest book, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Eurotrash-America-Reject-Failed-Continent\/dp\/0063066017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eurotrash: Why America Must Reject the Failed Ideas of a Dying Continent<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The European Union, Harsanyi writes, \u201cis no longer \u2018federalist\u2019 by any conception, but rather an institution that demands economic and regulatory conformity.\u201d European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Harsanyi adds, exploited the EU pandemic recovery program in 2020 \u201cto push forward the European Green Deal and exert greater control over member states.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-12200131116709a449eddb0ebc16918b fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-12200131116709a449eddb0ebc16918b\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>This was tradition. In the early 1980s, the number of EU laws reached 14,000. The EU passed 25 directives and 600 regulations per annum in the 1970s, but those numbers rose to 80 directives and 1,500 regulations by the early 1990s. By 2005 the EU had passed 170,000 pages of active legislation and 666,879 since its inception in 1957. As of June 2019, 80 percent of the United Kingdom\u2019s environmental laws had been tethered to EU policy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In other words, farmers might be generating headlines for mass demonstrations against overregulation from the administrative state, but the problem stretches across the European economy. The ensuing political backlash may change Europe\u2019s direction on issues well beyond agricultural policy if the farmers\u2019 revolt successfully sweeps in new leadership to the EU parliament. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-33db236c9a7f2b6257ffc53e802eefe2 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-33db236c9a7f2b6257ffc53e802eefe2\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European farmers are influencing the transatlantic political scene ahead of the European Union (EU) parliamentary elections. 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