Far-right presence divides farmers’ protest ahead of EU elections
Protesters were seen taking naps in the grass as far-right linked farmers’ groups addressed sparse crowds in Brussels.
Clare Carlile
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Revealed: Far-right links of Polish farmer hunger strikers
The nascent Orka movement has won a meeting with Polish president Andrzej Duda – and reportedly a role on his agricultural council.
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Orbán-backed think-tank courts farmers linked to far-right ahead of elections
An oil-funded think-tank backed by Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán is involved in organising widespread farmer protests in the run-up to the EU elections, DeSmog can reveal.
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Farmers speak out at ‘industry capture’ of centre-right MEPs
Ahead of the European elections next year, the European People’s Party are pitching themselves as the ‘farmers’ representatives’ in Brussels. But they are making misleading claims when they oppose nature-friendly laws in the name of farmers, say critics.
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Revealed: Big Agri’s meetings with EPP’s anti-green MEPs
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The new front in conspiracy theories — farming and EU Green Deal
If you watched Fox News last month, you may have heard that Ireland is planning to slaughter 200,000 cows to meet its EU climate goals. Of course, there was one big problem with the reporting: the claims were untrue.
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Revealed: The EU lobbying of the so-called ‘Consumer Choice Center’
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Lobby for ‘sustainable’ single use paper packaging risks more deforestation
As EU champions reusable packaging as the most planet-friendly option, the fast food lobby is lobbying hard for single-use paper.
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Scientists condemn ‘misinformation’ used to attack EU nature reforms
As Europe prepares to vote on flagship green laws, over 3,000 academics condemn “lack of scientific evidence” in arguments used by opponents.
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McDonald’s at centre of lobbying blitz against EU packaging waste laws
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Big Agri’s EU lobbying playbook on ‘hunger’ and a ‘refugee crisis’
Over the last few decades, the fossil-fuel industry has shown that you do not need to all-out oppose EU legislation in order to resist it. Muddying the waters can be enough to ensure that action is paused, watered-down, or shelved.