Hundreds of farmers from across Europe park their tractors in Brussels in protest against EU green policies, days before elections across the bloc. The protest is the latest in a chain of similar events in recent months that have brought the Belgian capital to a halt. "Stop importing what we produce here" says Christian Convers, "it's unacceptable to put us in competition with other countries in the world that don't respect our production norms." Around 500 tractors (according to the police) from across Europe rolled into Brussels on Tuesday in a protest spearheaded by hardline farmers' groups against EU green policies, days before elections across the bloc. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES