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WRAP: Belgian farmers in anti-trade protest clash with police

VIDEO SHOWS: FARMERS THROWING SMOKE BOMBS AND POTATOES AT POLICE / POLICE USING WATER HOSES / TRACTORS BLOCKING TRAFFIC / TRACTORS NEAR EUROPEAN COUNCIL / FARMERS PROTESTING / SOUNDBITES FROM FARMERS TALKING ABOUT PROTEST / EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT, URSULA VON DER LEYEN, AND PRESIDENT OF EUROPEAN COUNCIL, ANTONIO COSTA, GATHERING IN MEETING ROOM WITH FARMERS REPRESENTATIVES

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SHOWS: Hundreds of farmers descended onto Brussels on Thursday (December 18) as their protest against a Mercosur trade deal heated up.

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (DECEMBER 18, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all) (1115 EU-MERCOSUR/FARMERS-PROTEST-VOXIES-SMOKE)

1. TOP SHOT SHOWING PROTESTERS AND TRACTOR MOVING TOWARDS POLICE BARRIER

2. TRACTOR REVERSING AND PULLING AWAY BOLLARD WITH IT AS POLICE HIT WITH WATER / SMOKE BOMBS, POSSIBLE TEAR GAS AND WATER HOSES

3. POLICE HOSING PROTESTERS

4. TOP SHOT OF TRACTORS AND PROTESTERS IN SQUARE

5. SMOKE AND PROTESTERS THROWING PROJECTILES AT POLICE, WITH SIGN READING (French): "The dictatorship starts here"

Protesters goaded police with smoke bombs and potatoes on Thursday (December 18) as European Union leaders met to discuss trade and agricultural policy.

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (DECEMBER 18, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all) (1087 EU-MERCOSUR/FARMERS-PROTEST UPDATE)

6. MASKED PROTESTER PICKING UP SMOKE BOMB AND THROWING IN DIRECTION OF POLICE

7. POLICE AT BARRIER

An injured protester appeared to be detained by police on Thursday (December 18) after a demonstration by farmers against an EU‑Mercosur free‑trade agreement turned violent, with some hurling rocks and potatoes as Belgian officers fired tear gas and water cannons.

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8. PROTESTER LYING ON GROUND, POLICE SURROUNDING HIM AND HELPING HIM SIT UP / PROTESTER BLEEDING FROM HEAD (AUDIO OF BANG) 2. PROTESTER WITH BLOOD ON FACE AND HANDS STANDING UP / MAN HOLDING CLOTH TO PROTESTER'S HEAD / PROTESTER AND POLICE WALKING

Protesters goaded police with smoke bombs and potatoes on Thursday (December 18) as European Union leaders met to discuss trade and agricultural policy.

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (DECEMBER 18, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all) (1087 EU-MERCOSUR/FARMERS-PROTEST UPDATE)

9. MASKED PROTESTER GESTURING AT POLICE

10. PILE OF POTATOES

11. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS THROWING PROJECTILES AT POLICE AND POLICE RESPONDING WITH WATER HOSES

12. TRACTORS

13. SMOKE BOMB GOING OFF

Hundreds of farmers drove tractors into Brussels on Thursday (December 18), blocking roads and setting containers ablaze as European Union leaders met to discuss trade and agricultural policy.

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (DECEMBER 18, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all) (0888 EU-MERCOSUR/FARMERS-PROTEST-MORNING)

14. VARIOUS OF TRACTOR MOVING NEAR EUROPEAN COUNCIL

15. POLICE IN FRONT OF FARMERS PROTEST

16. POLICE WATER CANNON AIMING TRACTORS / POLICE

17. VARIOUS OF BURNING CONTAINERS ON ROAD AND FARMERS

18. TRACTOR WHEELS, BURNING CONTAINERS ON ROAD AND FARMERS

19. TRACTORS WITH EU AND BELGIUM FLAGS

20. FIREWORKS, TRACTORS AND PROTESTERS

A farmer dumped potatoes onto a street in Brussels on Thursday (December 18) at a large-scale protest against European agricultural policy as EU leaders met in the city.

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (DECEMBER 18, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all) (1160 EU-MERCOSUR/FARMERS-POTATOES-MOMENT)

21. MOMENT FARMER UNLOADS POTATOES ONTO STREET DURING PROTEST / PEOPLE LIFTING POTATOES

Farmers threw projectiles and started fires in the street at a rally in Brussels on Thursday (December 18), demonstrating against a contentious trade deal between the European Union and South American trading bloc Mercosur.

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (DECEMBER 18, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) (1094 EU-MERCOSUR/FARMERS-PROTEST-MORE)

22 .FIRE BURNING AND SMOKE RISING FROM STREET IN FRONT OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT BUILDING, TRACTOR REVERSING

23. TRACTORS, ONE MANOEUVRING ON GRASS, SMOKE RISING

24. TRACTOR MOVING IN SQUARE

25. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS HOLDING FIREWORK, WALKING TOWARDS POLICE LINE/POLICE FIRING WATER HOSE

26. PROTESTERS NEAR FALLEN STREET SIGN, RED FLARE BURNING

27. RED FLARE BURNING

28. PROTESTERS/FIREWORK BURNING ON GROUND/POLICE LINE IN FRONT OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Belgian police fired tear gas and water cannon on Thursday (December 18) as a demonstration by farmers against an EU-Mercosur free trade agreement turned violent, with some protesters hurling rocks and potatoes at police and smashing windows.

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29. RIOT POLICE IN LINE, WALKING TOWARDS PROTESTERS

30. PROTESTERS BACKING AWAY, TEAR GAS SPREADING

31. PROTESTER THROWING POTATOES FROM TRACTOR SHOVEL / POLICE BACKING AWAY

32. TRACTOR DRIVING TOWARDS POLICE LINE

33. POLICE MAKING ARREST WITH RESISTING PROTESTER

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa met with representatives from farmers association Copa-Cogeca on Thursday (December 18), as European Union leaders met to discuss trade and agricultural policy.

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (DECEMBER 18, 2025) (EUROPEAN UNION - Access all) (1107 EU-MERCOSUR/VONDERLEYEN-FARMERS)

34. PRESIDENT OF EUROPEAN COUNCIL, ANTONIO COSTA, GREETING EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT, URSULA VON DER LEYEN

35. VARIOUS OF VON DER LEYEN AND COSTA GREETING REPRESENTATIVES OF FARMER ASSOCIATION

36. VON DER LEYEN, COSTA AND REPRESENTATIVES OF FARMER ASSOCIATION TAKING THEIR SEAT

37. VARIOUS OF VON DER LEYEN, COSTA AND REPRESENTATIVES OF FARMER ASSOCIATION SEATED