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French Farmers Head Home But Anger Spreads Elsewhere In Europe

Protesting farmers demanding just prices and less red tape blocked the border between Belgium and the Netherlands on Friday, whilst their peers in France s...

French Farmers' Union Call For End Of Blockades As Protests Spread In Europe

Two of France's main farming unions urged protesters who have staged hundreds of tractor blockades across the country to go back home, after the gover...

French Farmers Block Roads, Dump Produce As Protest Edges Closer To Paris

French farmers blocked highways and dumped crates of imported produce, demanding urgent action on low farmgate prices, green regulation and free-trade poli...

EU Countries Back Law To Curb Packaging Waste

European Union countries backed a new EU law to cut packaging waste, but agreed to seek exemptions for certain sectors.

EU Lawmakers, Countries Agree On A Bill On Gig Workers' Rights

European Union lawmakers provisionally agreed on a bill aimed at giving workers at online companies such as Uber and Deliveroo employee benefits, which if...

EU Lawmakers Approve New Zealand Trade Deal To End Hiatus

The European Parliament has approved the European Union's free trade agreement with New Zealand, its first endorsement of such a deal in more than three ye...

SME Retailers Need To Be Able To Compete Fairly, Group Says

Independent Retail Europe has marked its 60th anniversary with a call for governments and the EU to ensure that SME retailers can "compete fairly"...

New Rules On Geographical Indications Will Protect Spirits Industry, Says spiritsEUROPE

The implementation of new rules for the EU’s Geographical Indications (GI) system in agricultural products and foodstuffs, wines and spirits will ens...