Brussels Farmers’ Protest | Tempers Raw At Brussels Farmers’ Protest, Scuffles With Police | N18L

Brussels Farmers’ Protest | Tempers Raw At Brussels Farmers’ Protest, Scuffles With Police | N18L Angry farmers set multiple bonfires ablaze on a central Brussels square on Thursday evening, eventually being repelled by police after a day of protest that rocked the Belgian demonstration was planned to coincide with a European Union leaders’ summit, with agricultural workers across Europe complaining of green rules, high taxes, rising costs and unfair competition from abroad. Belgian farmers were divided on whether the day had been a success, with some complaining that EU had ignored the protest while others thought it had illustrated the pressures faced by farmers farmers. In neighbouring France, two main farming unions urged protesters who have staged hundreds of tractor blockades across the country to go back home, after the government announced measures to try to quell the anger. Tempers were frayed at a Brussels farmer’s demonstration on Thursday as protesters thr