Fishermen's protests in Brussels

Luigi Offeddu comments on Wednesday's clashes in Brussels between police and protesting fishermen from Italy, Spain and France. "In the Rue de la Loi, the street of the law, the defenders of the law confronted ... fishermen from Italy and France. ... Hundreds of fishermen came to Brussels demanding a green light from the EU for domestic aid, tax relief and subsidies for boat fuel and a relaxation of fishing quotas. ... The EU has no short-term recipe, and makes concessions only ... on diesel prices; the rest must be solved by the individual countries. At home the fishermen have blocked harbours, occupied markets and obstructed supplies to agricultural centres. A new protest wave is descending on Brussels, uniting farmers and fishermen. Price rises have accomplished what Marx and Lenin were unable to do: workers and farmers from across Europe are uniting."

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