800 tractors drive straight through West Flanders to Brussels
The columns of tractors drive to Brussels via secondary roads. Anyone who wants can follow the columns live via this website. You log in with username ‘actie’ and password ‘brussel’. The two West Flemish columns have now left the province. (continue reading below the photo)
According to the organizers, the intention is to gather at 12:00 pm at the Brussels Havenlaan. At 11.30 am they start sounding their horns en masse. The tractor campaign is a joint initiative of Boerenbond, ABS, Groene Kring, JongABS, VABS and Ferm voor Agravrouwen. The nitrogen agreement as it stands is causing a “socio-economic carnage” in the agricultural sector, it sounds. They demand a thorough adjustment of the nitrogen agreement. The organizations do call on farmers to demonstrate peacefully, with attention to safety.