Farmers protest against EU agricultural policy in Brussels, some of them violently. Police responded with roadblocks and water cannons.
Farmers in numerous EU countries have been on the streets for a long time to protest against, among other things, EU trade agreements, bureaucracy and environmental regulations. Around 5,000 farmers are expected in front of the headquarters of the European Commission representation in the afternoon in the Belgian capital. The EU Commission had already reacted to this and promised easing. At the meeting of the agriculture ministers, proposals from the Brussels authority will be discussed.