Less than a month after the “historic”, as it was described, rural mobilization in the Belgian capital on 1 Februarywhen over 1,300 tractors flooded the streets of the European quarter, today farmers are returning to express their anger at the lack of response from the European authorities.

As reported by the Belgian newspaper Le Soir, today’s demonstration will involve agricultural unions from Wallonia and Flanders (southern and northern Belgium), as well as farmers from France, Italy, Spain, Germany and Luxembourg. Protesters are expected to enter the capital at around 9.30am and meet at 11.00am (GMT) in Schuman Square, outside the EU Council headquarters, where the Agriculture Ministers will be meeting.

Among the farmers’ main demands, which they say have not yet been heard, are: fair incomes, a reduction in administrative burdens, an end to free trade agreements and an increase in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) budget.

According to representatives of Belgian agricultural unions, hundreds of tractors are expected to flood Brussels today as well, but they are not expected to surpass the participation of February 1. The Belgian authorities, for their part, warn the residents of the capital of “major traffic problems” and urge them not to use a car, to prefer the metro for their movements.