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A statue raised in tribute to a British industrialist has been pulled down as farmers protest in front of the European Parliament in Brussels.
A thousand tractors gum up city’s EU quarter and demonstrators light fires while ministers hold crisis meeting
Convoys of tractors had set off in the early hours to lay siege to the Belgian capital as EU leaders gathered for a summit
The “technocratic” EU does not “respect” farmers, the leader of one of France’s biggest farming unions said, as Brussels was swarmed by tractor convoys on Thursday.
Protest on day of EU summit comes as demonstrations continue across a number of European countries