In Brussels farmers for the third time – tractor combat position

A new protest progresses today Tuesday (26.03.2024) those in The About for the third time since the beginning of 2024 that farmers arrived with their tractors in Brussels. The new mobilisation of farmers takes place in Brussels, on the margins of the Council of Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers. “This is the third demonstration of angry farmers in the capital since the beginning of the year, after those of 1 and 26 February,” notes the newspaper “L’ Echo”. The streets are blocked with police recommending the use of public transport. Farmers throw firecrackers and flares wanting to make their presence felt, while tractors have taken a battle position across the police cordon. Traffic problems are expected from early morning to afternoon. Estimates say 600 tractors will come to the capital, including 300 from Fugea and 300 from the FJA. So far, it is estimated that it is not more than 100. What farmers are asking for Farmers continue to demand repayable prices or the end of free trade agreements, points out L’ Echo and details the measures the Agriculture Ministers will discuss today in the context of a CAP revision. European agricultural organisations spoke by letter of ‘a step in the right direction’, while 16 environmental NGOs, in a joint letter, called on the Commission on Monday to ‘remove its legislative proposal’. A third protest by farmers in Brussels is recalled that this is the third time farmers have been on the streets of Brussels. The first protest had taken place on 1 February where more than 1000 tractors had flooded the streets, while there had been incidents outside the European Parliament. On February 26, around 900 farmers returned and managed to approach just outside the building of the meetings of the Agriculture Ministers, where it followed. Today farmers are talking about “a symbolic protest”.