European fishermen take protest to Brussels

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2008

BRUSSELS (AFP) — Angry fishermen take their protest over soaring fuel costs to Brussels on Wednesday where several thousand are set to picket the European Parliament, fisheries representatives in four countries said.

Several thousand fishermen from Portugal, Italy, Spain and France were on their way to the Belgian capital to take part in the protest, Ange Natoli, a spokesman for Marseille's fishing fleet in southern France, told AFP on Tuesday.

Another fishermans' representative in Port-la-Nouvelle in southern France, Bernard Perez, said between 5,000 and 8,000 people were expected to participate.

Spanish fishermen had reached the Port-la-Nouvelle early Tuesday to join their French counterparts aboard coaches bound for Brussels, Perez said.

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