Angry farmers clash with police near EU’s headquarters in fresh show of force

A protest by farmers outside a meeting of EU agriculture ministers in Brussels (Nicolas Landemard/AP)

Farmers have clashed with police in Belgium, spraying officers with liquid manure and setting fire to piles of tyres in a fresh show of force as European Union agriculture ministers met in search of ways to address their concerns.

Brussels police said that 900 tractors had entered the city, many bearing down on the European Council building where the ministers were meeting.