Grains

France’s Fifth Republic is on the ropes
The eligibility ban on presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen and the market-wrecking tariffs of U.S. President Trump are just the latest challenges roiling Emmanuel Macron’s second term.

Ceasefire? What ceasefire? Killer Russian drones rain down across Ukraine

US announces Black Sea deal with Russia and Ukraine

Trump aid freeze decimates UN food agency: ‘It’s catastrophic.’

Czech farmers lead fresh EU border protests over Ukraine, LatAm trade deals

Trump wants Europe to buy more US farm goods. It can’t.

Angry farmers push Poland away from Ukraine
Russia strikes Kyiv as UK’s Starmer arrives to sign 100-year treaty with Zelenskyy
British leader’s trip comes at a key moment, with peace talks on the horizon as Donald Trump returns to power and threatens to shake up the dynamics of war.
Europe’s biggest dietary problem? Lobbyists, says Nutri-Score creator.
France’s Serge Hercberg warns that disinformation is shortening the lives of consumers.
Poland expected to slow-walk Ukraine trade talks until election
On the eve of its EU presidency, Warsaw plans to only tackle trade talks with Ukraine after a presidential election in May, diplomats tell POLITICO.
Europe’s farmers should calm down about Mercosur
The EU’s trade deal with South America is small potatoes for agriculture.
Global money laundering body to consider blacklisting Russia
Lowering Russia’s ranking requires consensus from the Financial Action Task Force’s multilateral membership.
Europe’s soil emergency
Amid drought and flood disasters, inaction on restoring soil health is increasingly leaving farmland waterlogged and heat-cracked.
David Cameron’s barefoot warrior bids for glory in California
Britain’s disrupter-in-chief and Trump admirer now has his eye on the Golden State’s governor’s mansion.
Ukraine wants peace talks in wake of Russia incursion, but not directly with Putin
Kyiv is increasingly looking to the model of the Black Sea grain deal, where Russia and Ukraine struck separate agreements with intermediaries.
This burger could kill the EU
Farmers furious about lab-grown meat are taking their fight to the heart of the European project.
Ukraine seizes cargo ship, alleging grain shipments via Crimea
The vessel under flag of Cameroon is suspected of visiting Sevastopol in November 2023 and May of this year.
Kyiv hopes to achieve peace with Russia through intermediaries
Ukraine will not talk to Moscow directly, but hopes Putin’s friends will help to push him toward peace.
Inside the ill-fitting, occasionally chaotic, decidedly solid Biden-Macron relationship
The two leaders will meet in France, with a number of thorny issues and a potential return of Donald Trump, looming in the air.
China is threatening EU agriculture. Should farmers squeal?
Beijing’s threat of tariffs on EU agricultural imports comes as trade volumes are already falling.
Zelenskyy accuses China of helping Russia sabotage peace summit
Ukrainian president unleashes on Beijing, saying it’s helping Moscow threaten countries with higher food and fuel prices to convince them not to attend June 15-16 meeting.
EU plots new ways to cut Russia’s cash as sanctions stall
Officials are discussing novel methods to target Russian exports — including fossil fuels — without the support of countries like Hungary.
5 of the wackiest things Putin’s demoted security chief has said
Ukraine is trafficking in orphans and organs; a secretive global elite is causing multiple crises; and Madeleine Albright wanted to wipe out Russia — those are just some of the greatest hits of Vladimir Putin’s longtime security adviser.
Czech MEP mounts last-minute bid to stop Ukraine free-trade extension
Ally of ex-PM Andrej Babiš pulls maneuver that could upset fragile compromise, and leave Kyiv out in the cold.
Farm trade rift puts Ukraine’s EU aspirations in limbo
If Ukraine wants to join the EU, it may have to leave its agricultural sector out in the cold.
New EU rules to curb deforestation add to farmers’ red tape woes
European farmers say the legislation will saddle them with more obligations that they can ill afford.
Russia’s friends beg EU to leave frozen assets alone
From China to Saudi Arabia, countries want the EU to reject pressure to confiscate over €200 billion of Russian assets.
EU to reintroduce tariffs on Russian, Belarusian grain
The European Commission will reintroduce tariffs on some Russian and Belarusian agricultural imports on Friday in a bid to curb growing demand for them in some EU …
Farmer fury puts EU support for Ukraine to the test
European leaders are torn between appeasing farmers angry at import competition and backing Kyiv in its struggle against Russian aggression.
Top Zelenskyy adviser condemns EU protectionism
Mykhailo Podolyak warns Russia is seeking to wear down the West with a long war.
EU ambassadors flinch at Ukraine free-trade compromise
Compromise struck overnight unravels within hours as France and other countries balk.