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Added on the 31/03/2020 14:49:16 - Copyright : France 24 EN
A day after 91 people were arrested for trespassing, French police are checking vehicles at the entrance to Rungis wholesale food market, a vital distribution hub for the capital region's 12 million people. French farmers' anger continues unabated, and the crisis is taking centre stage at a European summit to be attended by French President Emmanuel Macron. IMAGES
French farmers block traffic around Paris's famed Arc de Triomphe monument with tractors and bales of hay. IMAGES
French Economy Minister, Bruno Le Maire, and Agriculture Minister, Marc Fesneau, chair a committee to monitor the trade negotiations between supermarkets and their suppliers, which are intended to protect producers' incomes, against a backdrop of strong mobilisation by farmers across France. IMAGES
Angry French farmers dump tyres, apples, manure and soil in front of warehouses of retailler Supermarket U in the southwestern town of Sainte-Colombe-en-Bruilhois. IMAGES
Representatives of the majority farming unions, Arnaud Rousseau (FNSEA) and Arnaud Gaillot (Jeunes Agriculteurs), arrive at Matignon to meet French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and obtain "concrete measures" to deal with farmers' anger. IMAGES
Workers distribute food bags to families at a drive-through in Houston, Texas. The coronavirus outbreak has led to a rise in demand on food stocks as people struggle to make ends meet. IMAGES