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POLICE launched a brutal crackdown yesterday against a peaceful protest outside the European Business Summit in Brussels as EU bigwigs were planning a trade deal with the US.
Mass arrests were made at the demonstration against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) deal which could enforce the privatisation of public services — including the NHS.
Around 250 protesters were surrounded by riot cops, handcuffed and forced to sit in rows on the floor before being put on busses to police stations.
CLAUDIA WEBBE looks at how Britain’s Nato ally has upped the stakes in its effort to silence domestic dissenting voices
DENNIS BROE gives an update on the last week of anti-austerity protests against the Macron regime, which has seen the supposedly more right-leaning Gilets Jaunes join with the unions and the left