by John-Michael Dumais, Childrens Health Defense:
European farmers and their tractors descended on the European Union Parliament Summit in Brussels last week to protest “net zero” and other government policies they said threaten their livelihoods. Author Seamus Bruner told The Defender the “controligarchs” want to take over the global food system.
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At least 1,300 farmers from across Europe lined the streets of Brussels with their tractors at the annual summit of European Union (EU) leaders on Feb. 1 to protest policies they claim threaten to put them out of business, according to Bloomberg and other news sources.
The latest demonstration against restrictive “net zero” and other government policies gained traction over the past week as owners of small and family-owned farms from France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Great Britain and other EU countries made their way to Belgium to surround the EU Parliament headquarters building.
The mostly peaceful protest was punctuated by police deploying water cannons and shooting rubber bullets, and by farmers breaking through barricades to throw eggs and set off fireworks, small fires and smoke bombs, according to Zerohedge. The farmers also toppled a statue, France24 reported.
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Police now firing rubber bullets, water cannons at farmer protesters outside EU parliament in Brussels.
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Jose Maria Castilla, representing a Spanish union, said, “We want to stop these crazy laws that come every single day from the European Commission.”
Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, who met with the protesters, said it was important to listen to the farmers and promised to add their concerns to the summit agenda, according to PBS. “They face gigantic challenges,” De Croo said.
The protests came as EU leaders discussed — and passed by a vote of 27-0 — the latest $50 billion aid package for Ukraine.
Jean-Francois Deflandre, a farmer in Halle, a town near Brussels, lashed out at European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for having “the audacity to go to Kyiv” but not having “the courage to come and see us,” The Associated Press reported.
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