# Farmer protests across the Union target Green Deal agriculture files

Date: 2024

In January–February 2024 tractor protests in several member states targeted pesticide, nature, and climate-agriculture files of the Green Deal family [Timmermans](/people/env-frans-timmermans) had run. The Commission then withdrew SUR. Protests are a completed political act, not a statute.

## People

- Frans Timmermans: https://factrail.ai/people/frans-timmermans

## Drivers

- Social Cohesion: https://factrail.ai/drivers/social-cohesion

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/europe-farmers-protests-green-deal-2024-02/
- https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_24_703

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/eu-farmer-protests-green-deal-2024