Tense scenes in Brussels as farmers protest Mercosur deal

Protesters lit fires and hurled potatoes at riot police who responded with teargas and water cannons in Brussels, as tensions boiled over at a farmer demonstration against the EU’s planned trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur.

About 1,000 tractors rolled into the Belgian capital to put pressure on an EU leaders’ summit where the deal’s fate hung in the balance.

Credit to : RTÉ News

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