This surprised us.
Up to 7,000 European farmers were in Belgium yesterday to protest the loss of their main export market Russia which is worth 5.5 billion euro annually.
The protesters blocked the streets in Brussels with hundreds of tractors and gathered outside the heavily-guarded European Union HQ where EU agriculture ministers held crisis talks.
A video of the protest has emerged showing footage of a tractor taking on the police and a water cannon, the result is mad.
Tractor versus waterkanon in Brussel
Tractor versus waterkanon op het protest van de landbouwers in Brussels, Belgium.
Posted by deredactie.be on Monday, September 7, 2015
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