Analysis-Europe's restless farmers are forcing policymakers to act


FILE PHOTO: Tractors stand on a street during a protest by Belgian farmers over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, on the day of an EU agriculture ministers' meeting in Brussels, Belgium March 26, 2024. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European policymakers have scaled back rules to protect nature, drawn up limits on the import of tariff-free Ukrainian grains and scrapped new legislation limiting pesticide use as farmers' protests resonate with voters ahead of elections.

From Poland to Portugal, farmers have won remarkable concessions in response to waves of street action, reshaping the European Union's green politics months ahead of European Parliament elections.

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