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Protesting farmers set fire to tyres and block roads with their tractors on the sidelines of a meeting of European agriculture ministers in Brussels. Farmers across the continent have been protesting for weeks over what they say are excessively restrictive environmental rules, competition from cheap imports from outside the European Union and low incomes. IMAGES
French farmers bring tractor-trailer loaded with hay by the European Parliament in Strasbourg, to put pressure on European MPs ahead of two votes on European agriculture. IMAGES
French farmers are protesting outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg ahead of two votes on European agriculture, "so that Europe can find its agricultural compass". (COMPLETE VIDI34LA8JC_EN) IMAGES
Hundreds of tractors block streets around the EU's headquarters in Brussels as ministers met to seek ways to streamline farming rules and red tape that have fuelled protests around the bloc. IMAGES
Protesting over pay, tax and regulation, Belgium farmers are protesting in Brussels and have clogged roads around an EU summit taking place in the capital. Around 1,000 tractors are present, according to Belgian police. The European Union's 27 leaders are gathering for a crunch summit on Ukraine aid. IMAGES