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French Ecology Minister Christophe Bechu and Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau are booed and hissed at at the Paris international Agricultural Show by around twenty people shouting "Fesneau resign" and holding up signs reading "Come back down to earth", as the two ministers are forced to leave the stand of Ademe, the French Environment and Energy Management Agency. IMAGES
Two days before the end of the Paris International Agricultural Show, a convoy of twenty tractors led by activists from the farmers union the Coordination rurale is parked in front of the Palace of Versailles. "We're continuing the movement because we're not being heard (...), we've got band-aids and little envelopes of cash, but that's not going to move things forward," laments Nicolas Bonguay, president of the CR in the Doubs region of eastern France. (COMPLETES VID34KC4MQ_EN) IMAGES
Tractors parade through the streets of Paris on the eve of the start of the Paris International Agricultural Show. The week-long fair, a major annual meeting for both the public and French politicians, opens in a climate of intense discontent, revived by President Emmanuel Macron's proposal for a large round table to which farmers refuse to participate. IMAGES
Oreillette, the Normande-breed cow chosen to be the mascot of the 2024 Paris International Agricultural Show arrives with owner François Foucault and gets settled on the eve of the official opening of the fair. IMAGES
The EU needs to overcome "polarisation" in its agri-food sector through dialogue, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen urges, as farmers in several countries protested rising costs. "We all have the same sense of urgency that things have to improve," von der Leyen said as she opened a strategic dialogue on how to balance farmers' complaints with Europe's green transition. SOUNDBITE
Images from the Kinder chocolate factory in Arlon, Belgium, shut down by the Belgian food safety agency (FASFC) following salmonella outbreaks in several European countries and the United States. SOUNDBITE
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