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A convoy of protesting farmers on their way to the wholesale Rungis market, south of Paris -- a key food distribution hub for the capital, was blocked by police at Sully-sur-Loire, in north-central France. IMAGES
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin says he has instructed police to show "great moderation" toward farmers who have blocked highways as part of a nationwide protest movement against agricultural policies. SOUNDBITE
"They look after farmers when we are protesting, and then they forget about us", Pascal Foucault, vice-president of the French national farmers union FDSEA in the northern department of Oise, bemoans as farmers block access to several motorways in France for the sixth day. The mobilisation of farmers in France continues in the wake of a meeting with Gabriel Attal's cabinet and the opening of a meeting of European ministers in the sector. SOUNDBITE
The car "bypassed measures designed to prevent access to this dual two-lane motorway" explained the prefect of the French southwestern department of Ariege Simon Bertoux, after an accident near a roadblock caused the death of a farmer in the department. SOUNDBITE
Flags fly at half mast in front of EU buildings in Brussels to honour French and European politician Jacques Delors on the day of his national tribute in Paris. IMAGES
Flags are flown at half-mast at the Elysée Palace in Paris on a day of national mourning in homage to former President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, who died on 2 December. IMAGES
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