Solo this week as we keep working on the second season of Fun Police. Still, we have these topics for you this week: 🚜 Farmer protests are now sweeping France 🚦 A new ranking shows which European cities are the most congested 🇵🇹 Portugal works on improved high-speed rail The ranking : https://www.tomtom.com/traffic-index/ranking/ Listen to […]
I was a guest on WIBC 93.1 FM in Indiana to talk about the German farmer protests. You can listen to the entire exchange by clicking below:
I was a guest on the Federalist Radio Hour about the farmer protests in Germany. You can listen to the entire interview below.
I was featured in a news report on YouTube by Sky News Australia about the farmer protests in Germany. You can watch the entire report below:
Farming has always been and will always be a tough trade. If it was not, everyone would do it. Regardless, we all benefit when America’s farms are strong and its farmers are doing well. “New York State farm families are facing the worst economic conditions since the farm crisis of the 1980s,” reads an article […]
I appeared on Fox News to discuss the implications of the farmer protests in Germany and lessons learnt for the United States
In December, a convoy of 1,700 tractors blocked the main road to Berlin’s iconic Brandenburg Gate. Honking and chanting could be heard all over the city as farmers bashed the government’s plan to end tax breaks on fuel and agricultural vehicles in the 2024 budget. Under Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the government needs to make cuts […]
A la suite d’importantes protestations, le gouvernement allemand a fait volte-face et a renoncé à augmenter les impôts des agriculteurs. Fin décembre, un convoi de 1 700 tracteurs a bloqué la route principale menant à l’emblématique porte de Brandebourg à Berlin. Des klaxons et des chants ont été entendus dans tout le centre-ville, les agriculteurs dénonçant le […]
Happy new year 2024! We’re back, and got these stories this week: 🇩🇪 Germany’s farmers are mad at the government 🐈 Amsterdam wants cats to wear a bell 🇪🇺 What’s in store for 2024 in the EU? (w/ Pieter Cleppe) Pieter’s article in Brussels Report: https://www.brusselsreport.eu/2024/01/02/whats-in-store-for-the-eu-in-2024/ Follow Pieter on X @pietercleppe and Brussels Report @brussels_report. January […]
I was a guest on Agriculture of America to talk about the EU glyphosate renewal and the legislative news on the European Green Deal.
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