Last Thursday and #39;s violent protest in Brussels, presented by the organizers as a revolt 'for the survival of farmers' and against the 'Brussels dictatorship', in reality looked like a siege with hidden objectives broader than the slogans pasted on the fences of the European Parliament: behind the fury in the Place du Luxembourg, with black smoke from tires, thrown potatoes, projectiles and clashes with the police, the stakes quickly shifted from specific agricultural demands to raw political pressure on the EU institutions.
