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Farmers Threaten Fresh Protests as Brussels Pushes Cuts and Trade Deals
Mounting anger over EU budget reforms and trade agreements is set to result in unprecedented pressure on Europe’s countryside.
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Mounting anger over EU budget reforms and trade agreements is set to result in unprecedented pressure on Europe’s countryside.

Von der Leyen admitted to a lack of “urgency” in acting on reforms.

Waldemar Buda’s car was damaged in central Brussels, leaving the window completely shattered.

A suburban shopfront was torn apart by the force of the explosion, leaving Etterbeek residents shocked in the suburb Etterbeek.

The raid resulted in five arrests and one administrative detention.

Officials say the situation is now so bad that “anyone can be hit by a stray bullet.”

The PM blasted the European Commission’s “unacceptable” open borders approach.

Brussels is supposed to lay down its cards later this week, but is having to be increasingly careful about hurting Europeans.

To preserve European cooperation, the Hungarian PM proposed a sweeping restructuring of the Union into “concentric circles.”

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Washington was prepared to “increase pressure” on Russia, but Europe must also act.