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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
French farmers are blocking the A7 motorway by at Saint-Rambert-d'Albon in southern France to keep up the pressure on the government, pending its response to the crisis shaking the sector. IMAGES
Dozens of French farmers are driving their tractors on the A7 motorway in the south of France to block it off traffic and put pressure on the government to come out with helpful measures The A7 motorway is closed from Orange to Montelimar with passenger cars and transport lorries forced to exit it. IMAGES
Despite fresh new measures announced this morning by French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, some farmers continue to block motorway A62 in both directions near Toulouse in southern France. IMAGES
French police has stopped a farmers' convoy of hundreds tractors heading towards the Rungis wholesale food market south of Paris. Some 200 to 300 tractors are now sitting in the town of Sully-sur-Loire, 170 km south of Rungis. Setting off from the south-west of France at the call of union Coordination rurale, the group of angry farmers grew as they drove up the nation, with more and more joining along the way. IMAGES