The latest protest comes less than a day after Ursula von der Leyen met with farming groups in a bid to appease themHundreds of tractors choked Brussels city centre on Thursday and angry farmers pelted the European parliament with eggs. Although agriculture was not on the agenda for EU leaders meeting just up the road, politicians may find that they ignore these grievances at their peril.Farmers’ protests have been sweeping Europe for months – in countries such as Greece, Germany, Portugal, Poland and France, where the government was taken by surprise this week by a motorway blockade of Paris. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/feb/02/protesting-farmers-block-crossings-on-dutch-belgian-border-europe-live
Author : Lili Bayer in Brussels
Publish date : 2024-02-02 11:27:23
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