Tractors ready to invade Brussels, an armored city. Protest spreads across Europe, the EU tries to defuse it.
The revolt of the green vests has now spread from north to south of the continent. The demands are common: higher incomes and aid, no to the rigid limits of the Green Deal, protection from extreme climate events, high energy costs, epidemics such as avian flu and unfair competition from the rest of the world. The political battle, announced by the Transalpine Finance Minister, Bruno Le Maire, will be "a tug of war"