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Added on the 12/10/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Street performers in the Spanish town of Ibi pelted each other with flour and eggs all the while setting off firecrackers and smokebombs as they took part in the annual Els Enfarinats, one of the largest food fights in the world. The annual festival, which dates back more than 200 years, sees participants dressed in military uniforms stage a mock coup d'etat, throwing eggs, flour and smoke bombs at each other.
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal talks with shopkeepers as he visits the market in Royan, a seaside town on France's Atlantic coast, before meeting local representatives of farmers, who are still unhappy despite the assurances he has given them. IMAGES
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 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