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Coverage dated January 31, 2024

Angry Farmers Take Protest to EU Summit With Tractors and Fires

Headline from Voice of America

Major thoroughfares in Brussels, the heart of the European Union, were blocked by around 1,000 tractors, according to a police estimate.

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  1. Moultrie Observer

    Farmers on tractors create chaos outside an EU summit to protest rising costs and bureaucracy (opens Moultrie Observer)

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    Moultrie Observer's feed description

    Farmers in convoys of tractors are creating chaos outside the European Union’s headquarters, pelting police with firecrackers, eggs and beer bottles as they demand leaders at an EU summit provide

  2. Deutsche Welle

    Farmers protest in Brussels amid EU summit – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Around 1,000 tractors have descended on Brussels and police have deployed water cannons as farmers threw eggs and set off fireworks around the European Parliament.

  3. Deutsche Welle

    Farmers bring protest to Brussels as EU summit begins – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Around 1,000 tractors have descended on Brussels and police have deployed water cannons as farmers threw eggs and set off fireworks around the European Parliament.

  4. Deutsche Welle

    Farmers protest in Brussels as EU summit begins – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Around 1,000 tractors have descended on Brussels and police have deployed water cannons as farmers threw eggs and set off fireworks around the European Parliament.

  5. Voice of America

    Angry Farmers Take Protest to EU Summit With Tractors and Fires (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    Major thoroughfares in Brussels, the heart of the European Union, were blocked by around 1,000 tractors, according to a police estimate.

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