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Added on the 30/01/2024 10:52:33 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Several dozen tractors are blocking the A4 motorway at Jossigny, around 30 kilometres from Paris, during farmer protests gripping France. A total of eight motorways in the Paris region are affected by blockades and partial closures, according to the traffic monitoring website Sytadin. IMAGES
With their tractors and haystack-filled tipper lorries stationed on A6 motorway, French farmers are facing a police roadblock as they near Rungis, the world's second largest wholesale food market, just south of Paris. IMAGES
French farmers are using their tractors to block off motorway A16 by Amblainville toll booth in the region of Oise, an hour north of Paris. Farmers union FDSEA Ile-de-France is announcing five blockades around Paris from 2pm to increase the pressure on Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, who is due to announce a first set of measures to try to calm their anger. IMAGES
Early morning Thursday, a convoy of French farmers on their tractors gets on a motorway in the Yvelines department, about an hour drive from Paris, to slow-down traffic and accentuate pressure on the government. IMAGES
Dozens of French farmers are driving their tractors on the A7 motorway in the south of France to block it off traffic and put pressure on the government to come out with helpful measures The A7 motorway is closed from Orange to Montelimar with passenger cars and transport lorries forced to exit it. IMAGES