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Added on the 25/01/2024 16:11:20 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
French farmers block traffic around Paris's famed Arc de Triomphe monument with tractors and bales of hay. IMAGES
A day after 91 people were arrested for trespassing, French police are checking vehicles at the entrance to Rungis wholesale food market, a vital distribution hub for the capital region's 12 million people. French farmers' anger continues unabated, and the crisis is taking centre stage at a European summit to be attended by French President Emmanuel Macron. IMAGES
French Economy Minister, Bruno Le Maire, and Agriculture Minister, Marc Fesneau, chair a committee to monitor the trade negotiations between supermarkets and their suppliers, which are intended to protect producers' incomes, against a backdrop of strong mobilisation by farmers across France. 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 unions call for mass protests and strike after French retail group Casino announced to be in financial difficulty, saying it is ready to sell stores to competitors. At the group's headquarters in Saint-Etienne, in east-central France, employees are demonstrating the potential dismantling of their store. IMAGES