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Added on the 19/02/2024 12:29:43 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Early morning Thursday, a convoy of French farmers on their tractors gets on a motorway in the Yvelines department, about an hour drive from Paris, to slow-down traffic and accentuate pressure on the government. IMAGES
Arnaud Rousseau, President of the FNSEA, France's top farmers' union, welcomes Marc Fesneau, the French Agriculture Minister, to the 78th FNSEA Congress in Dunkirk, northern France, at a time when the beginning of the year has been marked by a vast movement of anger in the farming world. 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
Farmers, protesting in France, block a border crossing with Belgium at Bettignies, in the Nord region, forcing traffic to turn back, as the French government attempts to dispel their unease and convince the protesters to call off their mobilisation. IMAGES
People slow-drive their tractors on a motorway in the Yvelines department, near Paris, as tempers continue to flare among French farmers who are threatening more protest actions if their demands are not met. IMAGES
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