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Added on the 26/02/2024 10:50:42 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Police fire water cannons as farmers set bales of hay on fire during a violent protest in Brussels. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
Hundreds of tractors block streets around the EU's headquarters in Brussels as ministers met to seek ways to streamline farming rules and red tape that have fuelled protests around the bloc. IMAGES
Protesting over pay, tax and regulation, Belgium farmers are protesting in Brussels and have clogged roads around an EU summit taking place in the capital. Around 1,000 tractors are present, according to Belgian police. The European Union's 27 leaders are gathering for a crunch summit on Ukraine aid. IMAGES
French farmers dump tyres outside the administrative and tax centre in Laval, northwest France, as the government is due to make further announcements later today. IMAGES
French farmers set up roadblocks with tractors at Saint-Andre-de-Cubzac, near Bordeaux, more than a week after the blockade began, in an intensifying standoff with the government over working conditions. IMAGES