EU Seeks to Loosen Farming Regulations Amid Farmer Protests

Reopening of government’s environmental incentive scheme welcomed by Sussex farming leader

A Sussex farming leader has welcomed the reopening of the government’s flagship support scheme for nature and environmentally-friendly farming following a legal threat backed by the NFU.

EU to ease green rules on farm aid subsidies

The proposal comes after farmers across the European Union staged protests over multiple months over issues including EU regulations and cheap imports.

EU Seeks to Loosen Farming Regulations Amid Farmer Protests

EU Seeks to Loosen Farming Regulations Amid Farmer Protests The European Commission has announced plans to further ease environmental requirements tied to its extensive farming subsidy program, aiming to reduce bureaucracy and paperwork for farmers across Europe.Protests from farmers last year over stringent EU regulations and affordable imports partly led to the Commission's decision to relax some green conditions linked to these subsidies.Whil…

EU announces plan to cut regulations for farmers

European Commissioner for the Economy Valdis Dombrovskis said the plans to simplify environmental requirements for farmers, following massive protests in 2024, will allow them to focus on 'farming, not forms.'

EU Cuts Agriculture Red Tape in Bid to Quell Farmers’ Protests

The European Union will provide simpler financing for farmers and ease strict environmental rules after months of protests that put the bloc’s agricultural policies under intense scrutiny.

It should be easier for European farmers to claim agricultural subsidies, the European Commission believes. Environmental rules around the...