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Columns of tractors lined up in the streets of Brussels early on Thursday to press a summit of European Union leaders to do more to help farmers with taxes, rising costs and cheap imports. ... -February 01, 2024 at 03:29 am EST - MarketScreener
Convoys with hundreds of angry farmers driving heavy-duty tractors advanced toward the HQ, hell-bent on having their complaints about costs, rules and bureaucracy heard by the EU.
Farmers threw eggs and stones at the European Parliament on Thursday, starting fires near the building and setting off fireworks amid protests to press a summit of European Union leaders to do more to help them with taxes and rising costs. Major thoroughfares in Brussels, the heart of the European Union, were blocked by around 1,300 tractors, according to a police estimate. Farmers from Italy, Spain and other European countries also took part in the protests.
Convoys with hundreds of angry farmers arrived in Brussels to protest their terms of work and pay, with fires lit outside European Parliament and police in riot gear firing tear gas. EU leaders met nearby.