Farmers plan another protest in Brussels over EU green bureaucracy

By Sejla Ahmatovic | 02/22/2024 12:03 PM EST

European farmers have already set fires in front of the European Parliament and toppled a statue.

A demonstrator throws a tire in a fire during a farmers protest.

A demonstrator throws a tire in a fire during a farmers protest calling for higher incomes and protection from foreign competition, at Place du Luxembourg near the European Parliament building in Brussels on Feb. 1. Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP via Getty Images

Belgian farmers’ organizations will hold another protest on Rue de la Loi in Brussels next Monday.

The police expect that hundreds of farmers will roll into the capital in their tractors to disrupt traffic.

The blockades will last until approximately 4 p.m. local time.

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European farmers, angry at EU green bureaucracy and a squeeze on their incomes, staged a raucous protest in Brussels at the beginning of February, setting fires in front of the European Parliament and toppling a statue.
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