French farmers are acting against the EU and the French government as if turning the highways leading to Paris into fields ready for sowing.
Farmers have blocked roads with tractors and are now spreading soil across the main road. The video shows a protester using a tractor to spread dirt evenly over the surface of the highway, making it look like farmland.
death #farmer RN165 à 300 meters from the Quimper prairie. #Farmer Ankole pic.twitter.com/YwiseKotGe
— Anonyme Citoyen (@AnonymeCitoyen) January 30, 2024
The video’s caption roughly translates to “#Farmer sows 300 meters of pasture with Quimper’s RN165”.
BNN said the incident was similar to one in France when protesters dumped nearly 300 cubic meters of fertilizer in front of government buildings in Cahors.
French farmers fed up with EU restrictions on French agriculture, Reuters report. Farmers gathered on the outskirts of Paris are reportedly demanding that government environmental regulations be overturned to make their industry more profitable. (Related article: French farmers ‘siege’ Paris in protest against environmental bureaucracy)
According to Reuters, France is the EU’s biggest producer of agricultural products, and the EU forces farmers to leave 4% of their farmland fallow. Farmers are reportedly applying pressure. French They are demanding better terms from the government and the EU as the EU imports cheaper food from other countries, such as Ukraine, where farmers are less regulated.
Macron government vs. farmers.
Whose side are you on? https://t.co/XT2C5h2yzz
— Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) January 30, 2024
The government deployed 15,000 police officers, mainly in and around Paris, to prevent farmers from entering the parliament building. according to ABC. The newspaper reported that Arnaud Rousseau, president of the FNSEA agricultural union, spoke on RTL radio.
“Our aim is not to cause trouble to the French people or to ruin their lives,” Rousseau was quoted as saying. “Our goal is to put pressure on the government to quickly find a solution to the crisis.”
Farmers continue to put pressure on the government ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. european elections In June.
