250 tractors in Brussels, the police use tear gas - last minute. Tension between protesters and law enforcement is high.
For a few minutes the farmers have been using firecrackers to explode several bales of hay. A fire was set near the entrance to the Maelbeek metro station, behind the European Council. The police used tear gas to keep the increasingly violent action under control. It was reported that 250 tractors are blocking the main streets of the EU institutions district in Brussels. This was reported by the police present on site.