![Harry Nakos Protestors throw eggs at police during a demonstration outside the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Harry Nakos)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/53282ab6fa564a84bb46cc7a9dfadd1c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Protestors throw eggs at police during a demonstration outside the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Harry Nakos)
![Geert Vanden Wijngaert Demonstrators set fire to hay on an overpass during a demonstration of farmers near the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/6d2177b89bb0492dae9fe68305389c9f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Demonstrators set fire to hay on an overpass during a demonstration of farmers near the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
![Harry Nakos A man looks on as police use a water cannon on protestors during a demonstration outside the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Harry Nakos)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/3e1d2a42126340078018a648adfd127d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A man looks on as police use a water cannon on protestors during a demonstration outside the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Harry Nakos)
![Geert Vanden Wijngaert Police move in to clear a demonstration of farmers near the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/7aeb5987795040488616646857930b5a/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Police move in to clear a demonstration of farmers near the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
![Geert Vanden Wijngaert A protestor rides a plastic cow during a demonstration of farmers near the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/eca859be483949f196181d87e93e5644/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A protestor rides a plastic cow during a demonstration of farmers near the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
![Harry Nakos A protestor walks by a fire burning in a stairwell near the metro station during a demonstration outside the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Harry Nakos)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e9b003ad91c24583ab7f21e700bfd620/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A protestor walks by a fire burning in a stairwell near the metro station during a demonstration outside the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Harry Nakos)
![Geert Vanden Wijngaert Farmers park their tractors near the European Council building in Brussels during a demonstration on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a68eba32edd34198a4b8c014baf233d4/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Farmers park their tractors near the European Council building in Brussels during a demonstration on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
![Geert Vanden Wijngaert Protestors light fires next to their tractors during a demonstration of farmers near the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/2d7c0e146d734a9e91f922af62e82446/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Protestors light fires next to their tractors during a demonstration of farmers near the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
![Geert Vanden Wijngaert A farmer drives his tractor near the European Council building in Brussels during a demonstration of farmers, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/5cfc4b7b5ada48fe9ce532949fa79e56/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A farmer drives his tractor near the European Council building in Brussels during a demonstration of farmers, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
![Geert Vanden Wijngaert Protesting farmers throw a burning bale of hay off of a small overpass near the European Council building in Brussels during a demonstration of farmers, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ce34756ea5a24ab5997300bd5994d759/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Protesting farmers throw a burning bale of hay off of a small overpass near the European Council building in Brussels during a demonstration of farmers, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
![Harry Nakos Protesting farmers dump a load of potatoes onto a main boulevard during a demonstration outside the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Harry Nakos)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ef8866b4bf9b4e5d90588682cd712c9e/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Protesting farmers dump a load of potatoes onto a main boulevard during a demonstration outside the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Harry Nakos)
![Geert Vanden Wijngaert Police behind a barrier look at a pile of potatoes dumped by protestors during a demonstration of farmers near the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d2fccd6a3b73431aa1f6dc100370eaac/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Police behind a barrier look at a pile of potatoes dumped by protestors during a demonstration of farmers near the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
![Geert Vanden Wijngaert A farmer uses his tractor to dump manure and hay on a main boulevard near the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/fc94a20bdb0b4ba08351387e092dedbb/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A farmer uses his tractor to dump manure and hay on a main boulevard near the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
![Virginia Mayo Farmers with their tractors begin to arrive near the European Quarter, during a demonstration outside of a meeting of EU agriculture ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Tuesday marks the third time this year that farmers will take to the streets of Brussels with their tractors. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/2ae025bb917c4c61a1b357a0c564eb12/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Farmers with their tractors begin to arrive near the European Quarter, during a demonstration outside of a meeting of EU agriculture ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Tuesday marks the third time this year that farmers will take to the streets of Brussels with their tractors. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
![Virginia Mayo Spain's Agriculture Minister Luis Planas Puchades, left, speaks with Netherland's Agriculture Minister Piet Adema during a round table meeting of EU agriculture ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a5ae1227296048e18fe2dab2f264bfb1/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Spain's Agriculture Minister Luis Planas Puchades, left, speaks with Netherland's Agriculture Minister Piet Adema during a round table meeting of EU agriculture ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
![Virginia Mayo Police patrol from behind a barrier as farmers protest during a demonstration outside the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/9c4f16c91f494ae7bad43a7072939599/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Police patrol from behind a barrier as farmers protest during a demonstration outside the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
![Geert Vanden Wijngaert Protestors throw objects off of a small overpass during a demonstration of farmers near the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f9ca6198677346dca72821d66be1f999/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Protestors throw objects off of a small overpass during a demonstration of farmers near the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
![Virginia Mayo Finland's Agriculture Minister Sari Essayah speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of EU agriculture ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/284a819b61fa4ac78cad05ff73d6d1f5/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Finland's Agriculture Minister Sari Essayah speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of EU agriculture ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
![Geert Vanden Wijngaert Farmers stand with their tractors on a main boulevard leading up to the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e00e78470044478eb3c0faf334d574ba/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Farmers stand with their tractors on a main boulevard leading up to the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
![Virginia Mayo Slovenia's Agriculture Minister Mateja Calusic speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of EU agriculture ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/efb267a075994bc2acbb64aa65f42d67/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Slovenia's Agriculture Minister Mateja Calusic speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of EU agriculture ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
![Geert Vanden Wijngaert Police use a water canon on a farmer in a tractor spraying hay and manure during a demonstration near the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a5fde43d52db400cb268f7db622f4410/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Police use a water canon on a farmer in a tractor spraying hay and manure during a demonstration near the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
![Virginia Mayo Hungary's Agriculture Minister Istvan Nagy speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of EU agriculture ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d3b8c035daab4cb0bc427142d464dbbe/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Hungary's Agriculture Minister Istvan Nagy speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of EU agriculture ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
![Geert Vanden Wijngaert A farmer uses his tractor to spray hay on a main boulevard leading up to the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/9d067e7400dc446fa6143f2cef9be1d0/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A farmer uses his tractor to spray hay on a main boulevard leading up to the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)