French farmers plan to besiege Paris
| French farmers are preparing to lay siege to the country's capital, Paris, to pressure the government to meet their demands for payments, taxes and regulations. |
According to the international group of Fars news agency, farmers’ protests in France are still increasing and the main roads and highways are blocked with tractors.
“Rasha Today” news network reported on Sunday evening, Tehran time, that due to the dissatisfaction of the agricultural sector with the increase in taxes and fees, the French Prime Minister Gabriel Atal has promised to prioritize the agricultural sector.
France is the largest producer of agricultural products in the European Union and the protests of French farmers are looking for similar measures in other European countries such as Germany and Poland.
German farmers protesting against the plan to reduce agricultural subsidies also blocked the streets of Berlin with more than 4,000 tractors.
He said: “I have the feeling that the German coalition government has not yet understood that we will not accept bad deals on farmers’ diesel fuel.”
« Agence France-Presse reported that the French Prime Minister visited a farm on Sunday. The meeting came as agricultural unions prepare to lay siege to the French capital Paris and pressure the government to meet their demands on payments, taxes and regulations.
Leaders of the largest agricultural unions said that members of these unions would besiege the areas around Paris.
They said: “All the main roads leading to The capital will be occupied by farmers.”
The farmers of southern France had announced that they will move to Paris on Monday. They plan to block a large wholesale food market in the south of the capital.
The head of France’s largest agricultural union said: “The prime minister’s concessions have not calmed anger. We have to go further.” “We have a government that doesn’t care about its farmers,” said Lucy Delbar, one of the officials of the French agricultural unions.
Farmers in France blocked the highway that connects “Toulouse” to the Atlantic Ocean with a wall of hay in the past days.
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.
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