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Tractors To Flood Brussels as Farmers Revolt Over EU Trade Plans

December 18, 2025 GOVERNMENT 0

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ER Editor: Some tweets —

Translation: Large European farmers’ protest in Brussels during EU summit. Action is aimed against, among others, Mercosur and reform of MFK. European Quarter is blocked with tractors.

Translation: Huge Tensions in Front of the European Parliament: Farmers Hurl Potatoes at Police Who Retaliate with Tear Gas Grenades!

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Tractors To Flood Brussels as Farmers Revolt Over EU Trade Plans

The demonstration coincides with an EU Council summit and comes hours before Ursula von der Leyen travels to Brazil for talks linked to the Mercosur agreement.

TEC NEWS / AFP

Thousands of farmers from across Europe are set to protest in Brussels on Thursday, voicing strong opposition to EU plans for a trade deal with the South American bloc Mercosur and reforming agricultural subsidies.

A farmer drives past the European Parliament with a placard reading “More freedom, less Brussels” during a protest in Brussels, June 4, 2024. Simon Wohlfahrt / AFP

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The demonstration is expected to draw around 10,000 participants from all 27 EU member states, with some 40 agricultural organisations confirming their presence. Organisers said the demonstration was intended to send a “strong and united message” to the European Commission

Hundreds of tractors are expected to converge on the European quarter of the Belgian capital around noon, coinciding with an EU Council summit attended by European leaders. The protest takes place just hours before European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen travels to Brazil.

A key focus of the protest is the EU’s planned Mercosur trade agreement. Farmers are worried that the trade agreement would result in cheap agricultural products flooding the market. These would not be subject to the same onerous EU standards and environmental regulations that European producers must follow.

They also oppose plans put forward by the European Commission to overhaul the 27-nation bloc’s huge farming subsidies. Walloon Agricultural Federation (FWA) said Brussels’ plans to slash the subsidies scheme by 20% while pushing ahead with the Mercosur deal were “totally unacceptable”.

Farmers are also calling for simplification, clearer regulations, and legal certainty in their work.

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