Traffic congestion is expected in the Brussels region from the early hours of this morning due to a farmers’ demonstration, police in Brussels have warned. Congestion due to roadblocks and farmers’ marches could continue into the evening.
Attention! Des tracteurs circulent sur les autoroutes en direction de Bruxelles. Il en résulte des situations de circulation extrêmement dangereuses. Nous appelons les conducteurs de tracteurs à respecter le code de la route et conseillons à tous d’être extrêmement prudents.
— Police Fédérale (@policefederale) March 26, 2024
“Attention: tractors are driving on motorways towards Brussels. This leads to extremely dangerous traffic situations. We appeal to tractor drivers to obey the traffic rules and advise everyone to be extra careful,” – warns the Belgian police on X (formerly Twitter).
Less than 24 hours after riot squad deployed outside Euro Parliament, farmers are back in Brussels as part of rolling protests ahead of June’s elections.@EuroConOfficial pic.twitter.com/S2k2HnDTdJ
— Thomas O’Reilly (@TOR_EuroCon) March 26, 2024
Throughout the day from 6 am, the rue de la Loi (between Schuman and the R20), the Reyers tunnel from the E40 towards the centre, and the Cinquantenaire tunnel towards Loi, will be closed to traffic.
Some fire and a few bangs, but this week’s Tractor Wars a much smaller affair. For now. 🚜 pic.twitter.com/c0H643TOw6
— Nick Beake (@Beaking_News) March 26, 2024
This is the third demonstration of Belgian farmers in Brussels since the beginning of the year, following the actions of 1 and 26 February. Today’s will be attended by, among others, the Federation of Young Farmers (FJA) and the Walloon Federation of Agriculture (Fwa), who are expected to turn up with 300 tractors in the Belgian capital.