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Angry farmers block Brussels roads with tractors over Mercosur trade deal

Thousands protest as EU leaders clash over pact farmers fear will flood Europe with cheaper South American goods.

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Tractors clog Brussels in anger at EU-Mercosur trade deal

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Farmers block roads in Brussels to protest South American free-trade deal

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EU delays massive free-trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur, European Commission says

EU delays massive free-trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur, European Commission says.

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Photos show farmers’ protests during the EU Summit in Belgium

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Protesting European farmers block Brussels roads with tractors

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Brussels tried to help farmers. The tractors are back anyway.

Ahead of their biggest protest since the 1990s, farmers are madder than ever. We rate the policy responses and reactions on a pen-and-manure scale.

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Belgian farmers in anti-trade protest clash with police

Belgian police fired tear gas and water cannon on Thursday as a demonstration by farmers against an EU-Mercosur free trade agreement turned violent, with some protesters hurling rocks and potatoes at police and smashing windows.

IFA president and 11-year-old son travelling to Brussels by tractor as part of protest

The president of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) and his 11-year-old son are travelling to Brussels by tractor as part of a Europe-wide protest. Francie Gorman and his son Tom set out from the Irish Farm Centre in Bluebell, Dublin on Monday morning with a small convoy of other tractors following behind them.