Some farmers, protesting in Brussels in front of the headquarters of the European Parliament, have knocked down one of the five statues that make up the historical monument to John Cockerill, installed in the center of Place du Luxembourg.
From what we learn, it is the statue of the mechanic Beaufort, one of the four workers represented around the monument dedicated to the former Belgian-British industrialist. The statue now lies on the grass in the center of the square, surrounded by new fires lit this morning by the farmers and fueled with wood and tires.
A crescendo of tensions in the city: already in the early hours of the morning, in fact, a hundred farmers had thrown bottles and eggs against the headquarters of the European Parliament at the main entrance located at Place de Luxembourg. The police, lined up in riot gear behind the barriers positioned along the entire perimeter, have activated the hydrants. The protesters, present in the streets adjacent to the Eurochamber with hundreds of tractors, also exploded numerous firecrackers shouting 'Without farmers there is no agriculture'.