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Added on the 24/01/2024 11:31:27 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Despite fresh new measures announced this morning by French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, some farmers continue to block motorway A62 in both directions near Toulouse in southern France. IMAGES
French police has stopped a farmers' convoy of hundreds tractors heading towards the Rungis wholesale food market south of Paris. Some 200 to 300 tractors are now sitting in the town of Sully-sur-Loire, 170 km south of Rungis. Setting off from the south-west of France at the call of union Coordination rurale, the group of angry farmers grew as they drove up the nation, with more and more joining along the way. 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
About 150 tractors are blocking access to the A6 motorway at Villabe, some 40 km (25 miles) south of Paris. Farmers all over France are intensifying their protest ahead of further government announcements due later today. IMAGES
Farmers in south of France are blocking off a toll booth by Saint-Jean-de-Vedas, close to Montpellier as they continue to put pressure on the government. French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal is expected to announce measures later today. Almost 400 km (250 miles) of motorway are closed in the south of France and top farmers' union have announced plans to encircle Paris. IMAGES
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