US EditionEU parliament, Strasbourg: Police use tear gas, stun grenades against farmers protesting the Mercosur free trade agreement
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Two complaints were lodged by the city of Strasbourg and the Eurométropole for damage that occurred during the farmers' protests against the EU-Mercosur agreement. Eight trees were cut down and tramways damaged by tractor wheels. The damage to the city is estimated at 80 000 euros.
EU parliament, Strasbourg: Police use tear gas, stun grenades against farmers protesting the Mercosur free trade agreement
The European Parliament is expected to ratify the Mercosur trade agreement. During the farmers' protest in Strasbourg, ahead of the European Parliament's vote on the Mercosur trade deal, police used tear gas against demonstrators seeking an appeal to block the agreement. Officers reportedly were forced to throw stun grenades at the protesters as they tried to enter the parliament building. "Farmers are trying to get into the European Parliament.…
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lalsace.frMore than 5 000 farmers from all over Europe demonstrated on Tuesday 20 and Wednesday 21 January in Strasbourg, around the European Parliament, against the EU-Mercosur Free Trade Treaty.
The City of Strasbourg announced on Monday 26 January that it had lodged a complaint following the deteriorations on the margins of the farmers' demonstration against the agreement with Mercosur.
The Mercosur agreement was close to the finish line - and was then slowed down in the European Parliament. Has the trade agreement broken? An overview of the situation.
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