Posted on 12/18/2025 6:53:52 AM PST by MtnClimber
Mercosur and the Green Deal have become the symbols of fierce citizen discontent.
A placard on a tractor that reads “Without agriculture you die” seen during a farmers’ protest in Brussels, Belgium on December 18, 2025 - Javier Villamor / europeanconservative.com.
Brussels woke up once again this Thursday to the roar of agricultural engines. Coinciding with the opening of the final European Council meeting of the year, thousands of farmers and livestock breeders returned to the EU capital to denounce what they see as the European Union’s systematic neglect of the primary sector—now further exacerbated by political pressure to finalise the Mercosur trade agreement.
The protest found unexpected political backing in the hours preceding the Council’s opening. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán openly sided with the demonstrators and delivered a blunt message from Brussels: “The farmers are 100% right,” he said, referring to the growing discontent within Europe’s agricultural sector.
From early morning, convoys of tractors from Belgium, France, and other neighbouring countries clogged the main access routes to the European quarter. The police presence was heavy, with large areas cordoned off around the EU’s main institutions. Throughout the day, moments of tension erupted between protesters and security forces, including the throwing of potatoes and pyrotechnic devices, as well as the sporadic use of water cannons and tear gas to disperse the most confrontational groups.
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Aren’t leftists really great?
No Farming = NO FOOD = Cannibalism = Politicians would love it
From what I’ve heard, EU bureaucrats only listen to one particular demographic, and it ain’t farmers.
ya just gotta love EU leftist fascists: regulate farming to the point that drives farmers out of business and makes food products insanely expensive, and then use that as an excuse to import boatloads of cheaper, inferior products to finish off the farmers ... net result: EU’s existence becomes totally dependent upon it’s enemies and 3rd world shitholes for both energy AND food ... but hey, they’re now “green”, right?
EU citizens will be eating Soylent Green before you know it.
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