An extraordinary European Council met on 1 February, with the revision of the multi-annual financial framework on its agenda. Thousands of farmers travelling from many different countries took this opportunity to converge on the European quarter of Brussels on board 1200 tractors to proclaim their objections. Seeing which way the wind was blowing, the European Commission had on the previous day announced the introduction of safeguard measures on Ukrainian chicken, eggs and sugar (see EUROPE...