Dozens of tractors have been lining up in the city’s streets since the early hours of February 26, blocking some of the key arteries in Brussels.

Chaos descended as some of the protesters started removing the blocks placed in front of their vehicles by police officers and advanced forward, despite police officers trying to block them by standing in their way.

A clip shared on social media platform X by journalist James Kanter shows several tractors moving around the police barriers and vans, with some narrowingly avoiding the officers in the street.

As the farmers overwhelmed the police force, the journalist claimed EU officials said: “It looks like civil war.” 

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