Up to 4,000 farmers and their tractors have blocked the streets of Brussels in protest against plunging food prices in the EU. The protest comes just one week after French farmers staged a similar protest in Paris, except this time around, things have become far more violent. Videos posted online show riot police firing water cannons at the tractors as they try to ram their way through police barricades, while farmers have been setting hay bails on fire and setting off fireworks in the Belgian capital. The farmers — mostly French, Belgian, and German — are protesting against plunging …read more
Source: Business Insider
