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1 month ago | 
politico.eu | Alessandro Ford |Bartosz Brzezinski
BRUSSELS — Donald Trump is an equal-opportunity mercantilist. When it comes to the European Union’s €198 billion trade surplus with the United States, he’ll claw at any sector he can. Brandishing 25 percent tariffs on EU steel and aluminum, the U.S. president has demanded that the bloc buy more American cars, fossil fuels, weapons, pharmaceuticals — and food.
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2 months ago | 
foodsafety.einnews.com | Bartosz Brzezinski |Alessandro Ford
Angry farmers push Poland away from Ukraine After nearly three years of war in Ukraine, protests by Polish farmers are opening up social and political fractures in a once-unshakeable alliance.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
politico.eu | Paula Andres |Mari Eccles |Claudia Chiappa |Rory O’Neill |Bartosz Brzezinski
BRUSSELS — Hungary’s Olivér Várhelyi is hoping to win confirmation on Wednesday for another term as European commissioner. Having seen him in action over the last five years, however, European lawmakers have other ideas. As Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s man in Brussels, Várhelyi has served as enlargement commissioner since 2019 — earning a reputation along the way for unswerving loyalty to his controversial political patron and rudeness toward those who cross him.
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May 5, 2024 | 
politico.eu | Bartosz Brzezinski
The Polish government believes it has a secret weapon to shift Donald Trump against Russian leader Vladimir Putin — the country's out-of-power populists.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
welt.de | Bartosz Brzezinski
Die Nachrichten heute: Newsticker Schlagzeilen, Meldungen und alles Wichtige Die Nachrichten heute: Newsticker, Schlagzeilen und alles, was heute wichtig ist, im Überblick. Zölle gegen Kiew | Lesedauer: 4 Minuten In der EU wächst die Allianz der Staaten, die Importbeschränkungen für ukrainisches Getreide wollen. Damit stellen sich immer mehr Regierungen gegen den Verbündeten Kiew. Denn sie stehen unter dem Druck massiver Bauern-Proteste.
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Mar 20, 2024 | 
politico.eu | Camille Gijs |Bartosz Brzezinski |Antonia Zimmermann
It's an unwelcome twist on the eve of Thursday's EU summit, at which leaders want to show solidarity with Ukraine as it resists Russia's two-year-old war of aggression while taking care not to anger powerful constituents — including struggling farmers — who could sway June's European election.
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Mar 18, 2024 | 
shorturl.at | Camille Gijs |Bartosz Brzezinski
After the plenary vote in the Parliament, most EU countries appeared ready to stick to their position in the inter-institutional negotiations and force the Parliament to go along with their decision to adopt the extension unamended. This all fell apart with Macron’s sudden U-turn last week. Following the Berlin meeting, France joined the minority camp, led by Poland, that is pushing for further restrictions on Ukrainian imports into the bloc, according to the three EU diplomats close to the talks.
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Jan 31, 2024 | 
politico.eu | Hanne COKELAERE |Bartosz Brzezinski
The farmer protests sweeping the European Union may have taken political leaders by surprise. But the tinder was dry and all it took was a spark for unrest to spread like wildfire. Farmers are being burdened by debt, squeezed by powerful retailers and agrochemical companies, battered by extreme weather, and undercut by cheap foreign imports, for years now — all while relying on a subsidy system that favors the big players. The war in Ukraine has only made matters worse.
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Jan 25, 2024 | 
politico.eu | Nicholas Vinocur |Bartosz Brzezinski
“It’s a huge sign of hope, of encouragement, I think, for other farmers,” she said. “An example to follow.”In an effort to fight back, von der Leyen this week held talks with representatives from farming, industry, consumer organizations and NGOs as a way to achieve “more dialogue and less polarization” in agricultural policy making.
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Jan 5, 2024 | 
politico.eu | Bartosz Brzezinski
Press play to listen to this article The European Commission wants to keep full trade liberalization with Ukraine for at least another year, but one of its members, Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski, is breaking ranks amid concerns in his native Poland over farm imports from the war-torn country.
