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Added on the 01/03/2018 13:01:00 - Copyright : NouvelObs Montage
Farmers in south of France are blocking off a toll booth by Saint-Jean-de-Vedas, close to Montpellier as they continue to put pressure on the government. French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal is expected to announce measures later today. Almost 400 km (250 miles) of motorway are closed in the south of France and top farmers' union have announced plans to encircle Paris. IMAGES
From 13,000 to 15,000 people, including several hundred riders on Camargue horses, demonstrate in Montpellier to defend bullfighting traditions and rurality in the face of perceived threats from environmentalists and animal welfare activists. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Clichy-sous-Bois, in Seine-Saint-Denis, in the Île de France region immersing himself into a crowd before inaugurating a "solidarity dojo". IMAGES
Neige the cow, the mascot of the 2022 International Agricultural Show in Paris, has taken up residence at the Porte de Versailles. Neige is a 4-year-old Abondance breed and is expected to see 70% of the show's visitors. IMAGES
Skiers take the Roches Noires chairlift in the resort of La Rosière, Savoie, which leads to the start of the blue run on which French actor Gaspard Ulliel died aged 37. IMAGES
In Porté-Puymorens, in the French Pyrenees, a hundred people turn up for the opening of the first ski slope of the season, after a 20-month interruption due to the Covid crisis. IMAGES