Farmers are still mobilized in certain European countries. In Belgium, they blocked main roads while their French counterparts announced a suspension of the movement following announcements made by the government.
In Belgium, farmers are blocking access to the main roads towards the Netherlands, causing significant disruption to road traffic.
The tractors that invaded Brussels on Thursday have withdrawn, but some groups of Belgian farmers continue to protest, preventing access to ports and distribution centers.
Several border crossings between Belgium and the Netherlands are blocked by protesting farmers. Since yesterday evening, the three border crossings with the Netherlands at Zandvliet, Meer and Postel have been closed in both directions.
The E34 motorway between Turnhout and Eindhoven is blocked towards Turnhout near the Postel car park. Belgian farmers also prevented access to certain ports and distribution points.
The Belgian agricultural sector complains of increasing costs and also denounces unfair competition with imported products.
In southern Europe, Portuguese farmers followed in the footsteps of their European colleagues. They demand “valorization” of their activity.
This Friday morning, they gathered near Lisbon, blocking access to the Vasco da Gama bridge, which leads to the country’s capital.
While the anger of the agricultural world does not weaken in certain European countries, the two main French agricultural unions are calling for the blockades to be suspended.
Four days after starting the “siege of Paris” by blocking motorway access to the capital, they believe they have been heard.
To extinguish the agricultural crisis, the French government announced an envelope of more than 400 million euros.