The spread of the French farmers’ protest to Belgium
| Belgian farmers also joined the protests and strike of their counterparts in France and plan to block the roads leading to the port of Zeebrugge this Tuesday. |
According to the Fars News Agency International Group, Belgian farmers angry at the increase in costs, the European Union’s environmental policies and the cheap food import program plan to block the roads leading to the container port of Zeebrugge on Tuesday.
According to the Reuters report, citing the organizers and the police, the protesters plan to start at least from 2 o’clock CET (about 4:30 Tehran time) 36 hours to block access to this North Sea port – the second largest port in Belgium. Where the angry farmers have created dozens of barriers around Paris and put pressure on the government for the second day in a row.
Belgian farmers also disrupted traffic during the morning rush hour they did According to local media reports, one of the blockages was near the Dutch border on the E19 highway. The European Union Parliament was parked in Brussels.
The Prime Minister of Belgium, Alexandre de Croix, is going to meet with farmers’ associations on Tuesday. According to him, Belgium, which currently holds the six-month presidency of the Council of the European Union, will discuss a number of European agricultural laws with the European Commission.
An EU spokesman said today that the European Commission is set to grant exemptions on Thursday from rules requiring farmers to leave part of their land if they apply for EU subsidies. , to propose.
Laws related to fallow land have been part of the discontents that have led farmers to protest in France, Belgium and other places in the green continent in recent weeks. has had.
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