A major dispute over the fate of a trade deal with the South American Mercosur bloc threatens to derail an EU leaders’ summit in Brussels on Thursday and Friday (18-19 December) after thousands of farmers protested outside the EU institutions.
Around 7,000 farmers turned the streets around the EU institutions into a pr...
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Hannah Kriwak is a junior reporter from Austria at EUobserver, covering European politics.
Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Hannah Kriwak is a junior reporter from Austria at EUobserver, covering European politics.