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Added on the 09/02/2024 14:19:17 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Arnaud Rousseau, President of the FNSEA, France's top farmers' union, welcomes Marc Fesneau, the French Agriculture Minister, to the 78th FNSEA Congress in Dunkirk, northern France, at a time when the beginning of the year has been marked by a vast movement of anger in the farming world. 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
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal arrives at a roadblock set up on the A64 freeway near Carbonne, Haute-Garonne, after announcing the government's response to the demands of farmers, who have been protesting for over a week in France. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal arrives at a cattle farm in Montastruc-de-Salies, in the Haute-Garonne region of south-west France, to announce the government's response to the demands of farmers who have been demonstrating in France for over a week. IMAGES
After meeting with the largest farmers union FNSEA, French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal met with Rural Coordination, France's 2nd largest farming union. Its president, Veronique Le Floch, said it was "catastrophic" that the Prime Minister had not yet made any emergency announcements, while farmers continued to express their anger throughout France, in a protest that was mourned by the death of a farmer in Ariège, hit by a car at a roadblock. IMAGES