Mass strikes of farmers in France
| French farmers are going to strike in the coming days in protest of government regulations and taxes. |
According to the Fars News Agency International Group, the largest union of French farmers on Saturday announced nationwide protests in the coming days in this European country.
according to the news agency «Reuters” Like their German counterparts, French farmers protested the imposition of taxes and regulations imposed by the government in the past days.
The spokesperson of the French Farmers’ Union said that in the days Future will decide after meeting with representatives of local branches and various departments whether to organize a nationwide action. On Friday, western France protested in the city of “Toulouse” in the southwest of this country, and this caused traffic disruption. It connects to the Atlantic Ocean with a wall of hay. Farmers cite the government’s tax on tractor fuel, cheap imports, issues related to water storage, excessive restrictions and red tape as reasons for their dissatisfaction.
One of the ministers of the French government said, Macron told his cabinet to pay close attention to the possible places of the villagers’ strike in order to prevent further demonstrations and its flare-up.
German farmers protesting against the plan to reduce agricultural subsidies also blocked the streets of the center of Berlin with more than 4,000 tractors in the past days.
“Joachim Rakwid “, the head of the German Farmers’ Association said that the protesters will not go under the burden of the government’s recent proposal to gradually remove tax discounts for farmers and will continue their protests until the results are reached.
He wrote in a statement: “I have the feeling that the German coalition government has not yet understood that we will not accept bad deals on farmers’ diesel fuel.”
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