EU-AGRICULTURE/PROTEST MORE Farmers set bales of hay on fire at protest in Brussels

Record ID: 141652

  • Title: EU-AGRICULTURE/PROTEST MORE Farmers set bales of hay on fire at protest in Brussels
  • Date: 7th September 2015
  • Summary: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (SEPTEMBER 7, 2015) (REUTERS) PROTESTERS SETTING FIRE TO HAY IN FRONT OF POLICE POLICEMEN STANDING IN FRONT OF FIRE FIRE AND SMOKE IN FRONT OF PROTESTERS POLICE TRUCK SPRAYING WATER ON PROTESTERS PROTESTER STANDING ON TRACTOR WAVING FRENCH FLAG BANNER ON TRACTOR READING (French): 'THE BALANCE SHEET OF EUROPE IS AS LITTLE AS THIS COW' WATER SPRAYED ON BALE OF HAY FARMERS ROLLING BURNING HAY TOWARDS POLICE / WATER BEING SPRAYED PROTESTERS RUNNING AWAY AS WATER IS SPRAYED BY POLICE POLICE / PROTESTER RUNNING PAST WAVING DUTCH FLAG POLICE STANDING AMID GARBAGE THROWN ON THEM PROTESTERS STANDING BETWEEN TRACTORS POLICE AND PROTESTERS SEPARATED BY BARRICADE WATER BEING SPRAYED FROM ACROSS BARRICADE ON PROTESTERS VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATION
  • Embargoed: 22nd September 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Belgium
  • Country: Belgium
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAC013VS8VIM7S7G9DBQOG2GQLY
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Police fired water cannon and blocked roads as farmers set bales of hay on fire during a protest in Brussels on Monday (September 7) in front of European Union buildings to demand support for a sector badly hit by a Russian ban on EU food imports.
    The protest, timed to coincide with an emergency meeting of EU agriculture ministers, caused gridlock in the center of the Belgian capital amid the smell of burning rubber and smoke from tyres.
    Police fired water cannon to prevent farmers breaking through barricades.
    Russia has banned imports of meat, dairy products and fruits and vegetables from the European Union, the United States, Norway, Canada and Australia since August 2014 in response to their sanctions imposed on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis.
    The ban closed access to the EU's main agricultural export market worth some 5.5 billion euros ($6.1 billion) per year.
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