European Farmers Block Dutch–Belgian Border, Occupy Roads in Greece as Protests Spread

Farmers use their tractors to block a highway near the border with the Netherlands as they protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, in Arendonk, Belgium, on Feb. 2, 2024. Christian Levaux/Reuters

Farmers blocked the Dutch–Belgian border and occupied roads in Greece on Feb. 2, while a Polish union announced plans to shut border crossings with Ukraine as European protests over prices and red tape spread.

At one roadblock, Dutch pig farmer Johan Van Enckevort, 25, warned European Union and Dutch politicians holding cabinet formation talks against ignoring farmers’ needs.