Scuffles between Belgian farmers and police in front of European Council building

(26 Feb 2024) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Brussels - 26 February 2024 1. Protestors throwing eggs and firecrackers at police, police throwing tear gas 2. Tractor bringing concrete blocks in front of police line 3. Various of police using water canons on tractors 4. Wide of tractors 5. Various of tractors and water canons 6. Protestors throwing eggs 7. Tractor and water canon STORYLINE: Farmers clashed with police in Belgium on Monday, throwing eggs and moving barriers in front of a police line in a fresh show of force as European Union agriculture ministers met in search of ways to address their concerns. Brussels police said that 900 tractors had entered the city, many bearing down on the European Council building where the ministers were meeting. Smoke drifted through the air near where police in riot gear used water cannons to defend the EU’s headquarters from behind concrete barriers and barbed wire. The farm