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Caving into romanticised notions of the ancient farmers' ways of old won't give us the modern, climate-friendly agriculture we so desperately need.

After weeks of protests across the Continent, Ursula von der Leyen has said Brussels will withdraw contentious proposals

Farmers across Europe—including in Germany & France—are protesting newly proposed green policies which they say would make them less competitive.

Convoys with hundreds of angry farmers driving heavy-duty tractors advanced toward the HQ, hell-bent on having their complaints about costs, rules and bureaucracy heard by the EU.

Flemish farmers drink morning beers on Place du Luxembourg as food producers rage about green tape from Brussels.

A statue raised in tribute to a British industrialist has been pulled down as farmers protest in front of the European Parliament in Brussels.

A thousand tractors gum up city’s EU quarter and demonstrators light fires while ministers hold crisis meeting

Convoys of tractors had set off in the early hours to lay siege to the Belgian capital as EU leaders gathered for a summit

The “technocratic” EU does not “respect” farmers, the leader of one of France’s biggest farming unions said, as Brussels was swarmed by tractor convoys on Thursday.

Protest on day of EU summit comes as demonstrations continue across a number of European countries