Continuation and expansion of farmers’ protests in France

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, farmers in France are currently protesting against the policies The current government is demonstrating. On Friday, they want to block five highways to Paris.

Thus, after several days of protest by farmers in France, agricultural unions called for a blockade of Paris. According to a call reported by France Info on Thursday, from Friday afternoon, five highways on the way to the capital should be blocked.

Today, French Prime Minister Gabriel Ethel was supposed to give tangible and concrete government aid to farmers.

French farmers continued to block highways in many parts of the country on Thursday. Farmers dumped manure and straw in front of office buildings and some supermarkets. The French Interior Ministry ordered the police to exercise restraint.

According to the Stuttgarter Nachristen newspaper, the unions presented a list of their demands to the government on Wednesday evening. Therefore, they are calling for emergency aid for the sectors that are worst off – especially organic farming and viticulture, as well as compensation for higher diesel prices. Water harvesting and the use of plant products should be canceled. Fishermen also joined these protests against the plan to ban fishing on the Atlantic coast to protect dolphins. Recently, one person was killed and two were seriously injured during the farmers’ protests in France.

The protest of French farmers is centered around excessive regulations, income status, energy costs and, like in Germany, the price of agricultural diesel. In the southern regions, the water supply of this sector is increasingly becoming a problem due to climate change.

In the south-west of France, not far from Toulouse, farmers have been for several days as the A64 highway blocked with their tractors. The images of their protest dominate the French media. One of their worries and concerns is that the disease that comes from Spain has affected the livestock they raise. They announced that if the government does not help quickly and does not cover part of the vaccination costs and loss of income for them, they will lose their existence.

Now in Paris these developments are happening. It follows with concern. There are even voices warning of a new version of a movement like the one France experienced five years ago with the yellow vests. To satisfy the country’s farmers and, if possible, remove them from the clutches of the extreme right. But apparently these efforts did not work and farmers continue to protest.

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