Farmers Protest in EU
We are used to farmer protests in India. What are the reasons for the same across Europe, from France and Germany to Poland, wondered Pranay Kotasthane. There are two immediate causes for it. First, the Ukraine war. When the war started, the EU removed the ban on agricultural imports from Ukraine. To help Ukraine. But that created a side-effect. Ukraine is so much more efficient and productive at agriculture than the EU that this move has hurt EU farmers. EU farmers are also worried that the ongoing trade negotiations with South America will further increase the import of cheaper agricultural products. Second, the EU has changed several policies to reduce the effects of climate change. This includes measures like “reducing pesticide use, developing organic farming, protecting biodiversity, and sunsetting fossil fuel subsidies in agriculture”. All these moves hurt farming and farmers. The specific cause for protests in different European countries are different, but a