{"id":66720,"date":"2024-02-04T07:42:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T12:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=66720"},"modified":"2024-02-04T07:42:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T12:42:05","slug":"france-caves-to-farmers-as-ireland-solidarity-protests-kick-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=66720","title":{"rendered":"France Caves To Farmers As Ireland &#8216;Solidarity&#8217; Protests Kick Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"ArticleFull_header__z0vIZ\">\n<h3 class=\"ArticleFull_title__FDrpw\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/france-caves-farmers-ireland-solidarity-protests-kick\">France Caves To Farmers As Ireland &#8216;Solidarity&#8217; Protests Kick Off<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"NodeContent_mainContent__2jyAd\">\n<div class=\"NodeContent_body__HBEFs NodeBody_container__eeFKv\">\n<p>Two of France&#8217;s main farming unions on Thursday agreed to\u00a0<strong>suspend protests and lift road blockades across the country<\/strong>\u00a0after the government announced measures the deemed &#8220;tangible progress&#8221; in the ongoing revolt against EU &#8216;climate-driven&#8217; initiatives designed to wean society off of evil, non-bug-based, carbon-emitting food while China, India, and the rest of the world laughs.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PLcaS6Xv8Hs?si=BNJr3cYor6bt4YBT\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In addition to France, protests have been held in\u00a0<strong>Belgium, Portugal, Greece, Germany and elsewhere.\u00a0<\/strong>Last week, tensions came to a head in Brussels when farmers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/chaos-erupts-brussels-rubber-bullets-fired-farmers-protesting-outside-eu-parliament\">threw eggs and stones<\/a>\u00a0at the European Parliament building, demanding that\u00a0<strong>European leaders stop punishing them with more taxes and rising costs<\/strong>\u00a0to finance the so-called &#8216;green agenda.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>After French farmers\u00a0<strong>stepped up protests earlier in the week<\/strong>, the government promised on Thursday to extend protections &#8211; including better controlling imports and giving farmers additional aid,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/angry-farmers-descend-brussels-take-protest-eu-summit-2024-02-01\/\"><em>Reuters<\/em><\/a>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everywhere in Europe the same question arises: how do we continue to produce more but better? 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How can we avoid unfair competition from foreign countries?,&#8221; said Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, announcing the new measures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In response<\/strong>, France&#8217;s main farmers union, FNSEA, announced that it was time to lift the blockades and &#8220;go home.&#8221; Arnaud Gaillot of the Young Farmers&#8217; union echoed the message, however\u00a0<strong>both unions warned that other types of protests would continue<\/strong>, and they&#8217;d be back if the government doesn&#8217;t make good on their promises.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile in Ireland<\/strong>, farmers began protesting Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1753148755031794051&amp;lang=en&amp;maxWidth=560px&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fgeopolitical%2Ffrance-caves-farmers-ireland-solidarity-protests-kick&amp;sessionId=68c81fdb3bda07819f5b06815de28054cbb38efd&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1753148755031794051\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;There\u2019s a general dissatisfaction with the level of environmental regulation that is being heaped on farmers, the low margins, and (the) resulting low income the farmers have been suffering from for a very long time now,&#8221; said Cathal MacCarthy, media director for the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association, adding&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France Caves To Farmers As Ireland &#8216;Solidarity&#8217; Protests Kick Off Two of France&#8217;s main farming unions on Thursday agreed to\u00a0suspend protests and lift road blockades across the country\u00a0after the government announced measures the deemed &#8220;tangible progress&#8221; in the ongoing revolt against EU &#8216;climate-driven&#8217; initiatives designed to wean society off of evil, non-bug-based, carbon-emitting food while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[141,279,284,299,34109,333,657,4318],"class_list":["post-66720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-liberty","tag-climate-change","tag-eu","tag-european-union","tag-farming","tag-farming-protests","tag-france","tag-protests","tag-zerohedge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66721,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66720\/revisions\/66721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}