Description
Added on the 25/01/2024 12:23:50 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Representatives of the majority farming unions, Arnaud Rousseau (FNSEA) and Arnaud Gaillot (Jeunes Agriculteurs), arrive at Matignon to meet French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and obtain "concrete measures" to deal with farmers' anger. IMAGES
French Farmers in the southern Occitanie region continue their blockade of part of the A64 motorway started on Thursday. French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal meets leaders of the powerful FNSEA farming union on Monday evening, a day after his agriculture minister announced a long-delayed reform package had again been postponed. Among farmers' grievances are the ever-increasing costs the sector faces and what they say is the choking effect of over-zealously imposed environmental regulations. IMAGES
Demonstrators gather outside a military base housing French forces in Niamey, Niger, for the third day running, to demand their departure. IMAGES
Thousands gather in Marseille as a day of mass protests against French President Emmanuel Macron's multi-pronged drive to reform the economy kicks off. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron is transported along avenue Foch in the "command car" during the Bastille Day military parade in Paris before greeting members of his government and the army. IMAGES