Belgium’s farmers are scheduled to block access to the port of Zeebrugge today, joining similar tractor blockades that have taken place in France, Germany, Poland and Romania.
Zeebrugge is Belgium’s second=largest port to the North Sea.
Dutch farmers blocked a highway to Antwerp on Wednesday.
The Belgian farmers are protesting European Union environmental policies and cheap food imports.
Grain imports from the Ukraine are a big issue; Russians have ruined Black Sea export terminals in the Ukraine so overland routes remain the country’s main option.
