France’s politicians woo the country’s angry farmers • FRANCE 24 English

Farmers are Furious and many taking to the streets dozens of tractors blocking a highway in the southwest of the country they say they face unfair competition cheaper products are imported but do not have to adhere to the same strict standards agriculture a major sector of the French economy and

The protests come one month before the industry showcase aent the Paris farmfare take a look highways blocked with tractors and hay and manure dumped outside public buildings farmers in southwest of France are putting pressure on the government we’re going to continue these actions to put even greater pressure on

Mr mcon who spoke the other evening without saying a word about agriculture we’ve been suffering for 20 years or even 40 years or more we’re trying to make ourselves Hur with hard-hitting actions like freeway blockades according to French Farmers the sector faces high production costs and excessive regulations which put them

At a disadvantage compared to competitors from other countries on Saturday the agriculture Minister visited a dairy farm in central France where he listened to Farmers concerns and expressed his support for Them we can’t have people constantly on TV explaining that the right price is the low price and then going on to declare their love for agriculture agriculture has a cost and if it has a cost it has to find a price otherwise in the end French consumers

Will no longer be able to buy French products on the same day the president of the farri right National rally party who is a candidate in the European Parliament elections visited a farm in Southwest France to also declare his Sympathy for the farmers aware of the sector’s growing support for the farri

Right I invite the minister of Agriculture to put on his boots and come here to see the suffering of farmers who are bearing the brunt of his policy and who can no longer stand accepting all these European rules that mean that our farmers can no longer make a decent

Living from their work in an attempt to quell the growing frustration and prevent further strike action prime minister atel will meet with fmer union leaders on Monday in towns across Germany tend to,

France’s new Prime Minister Gabriel Attal paid tribute to the country’s agriculture sector this weekend, responding to the growing discontent of farm workers angry at red tape and high costs.

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12 comments

  4. Gotta hand it to the French. They know how to protest. You would never see farmers in the United States doing anything like that… Blocking roads with hay bales or piles of manure at government buildings? Wow. But the farmers in the United States get tons of subsidies because it’s big business here so maybe that’s not the case in France

  7. Really benefits the farmers, French citizens & the economy to do what they’re doing. Most laughable is that the far right is the answer.🤣

  10. Lucky thing they are not in Canada. Their tractors would be seized,their bank accounts frozen and the leaders and many farmers would be jailed.

  12. "cheaper imports not adhered to the same standard." That is unfair! Not just to the farmers but also the people! More conspiracy fact to weaken and control the people. GMO food causes cancer! Look it up!

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