Farmers demonstrate in Brussels ahead of a crucial meeting of the 27. Hundreds of demonstrators invaded the streets of the European district in the morning.
Tractors stationed near the Parliament, the Council and the Commission, but also firecrackers, fires and hay dumped in the streets. Tension rose a notch when demonstrators tried to force the barriers placed by the police around the European institutions. The police responded using water cannons. The Commission is proposing a series of short and medium-term solutions.