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Several hundred environmental activists enter a chemical plant in Pierre-Benite, Lyon, to protest against pollution. The action was organised by Extinction Rebelloion and Youth for Climate and saw protesters cutting through boundary fences, smash security equipment and unfurl a large banner from the site's roof reading "poison". IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron opens the 60th Salon de l'Agriculture to boos and jeers, following clashes earlier in the morning between police and farmers that forced organisers to postpone the opening of France's largest agricultural show. IMAGES
A tractor convoy makes its way along the A709 motorway towards a toll booth by Saint-Jean-de-Vedas, close to Montpellier in the south of France. French farmers are increasing blockades and slow-down operations as they await to hear what measures Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said he will announce later today. IMAGES
In Tarn-et-Garonne, angry farmers are blocking access to the Golfech nuclear power station, which supplies electricity to the Toulouse region. Around fifty tractors and several bales of straw are blocking traffic. IMAGES
The trial of a divisional commander who ordered the attack that injured the septuagenarian activist Genevieve Legay during a "yellow vest" demonstration in the southeastern French city of Nice in March 2019 begins at the Lyon Criminal Court. IMAGES
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