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(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta and Jean-Stephane Brosse, writing by Tassilo Hummel Editing by Andrew Heavens) The government has put an agriculture bill on hold, saying it wants to hear from farming representatives before including additional measures to support the sector.īut after first talks with union officials on Monday evening yielded no results, farmers across the country said they would stage more protests this week. Macron is wary of farmers' growing support for the far right ahead of the European Parliament elections in June.įarming policy has always been a sensitive issue in France, the European Union's biggest agricultural producer, where thousands of independent producers of meat, dairy, wine and other produce have a record of staging disruptive protests. Protesters in Agen's city centre were shown throwing kiwi fruit at the local prefect's office in footage posted on social media.

#Game roadblock tv

'We're prepared for anything, we've got nothing to lose,' said Josep Perez, a protester interviewed by BFM TV at a roadblock in the southwestern fruit-growing region around Agen, where traffic on the A62 motorway had been disrupted since Monday. 'In this moment of high tension, I call on everyone to stay calm and reasonable,' Arnaud Rousseau, head of the FNSEA farmers' union, told RMC radio.įrench farmers are also protesting against price pressure from retailers determined to bring down food inflation, and against tightening environmental regulation - grievances that have triggered protests across Europe. Police said one woman was killed and two others were heavily injured as a car ran into a roadblock in the southwestern Ariege region. 'Fed up with environment taxes' read a slogan sprayed in pink on a slurry tank blocking the highway in a picture published by French media. Hours after union officials met Attal on Monday evening, new convoys of tractors set out in the night to block roads, including the A7 motorway in southern France. The growing outrage, which has spilled over from neighbouring countries, comes as campaigning for EU elections gains pace, and is the first major challenge for President Emmanuel Macron's new prime minister, Gabriel Attal. The time of talking is over, action is needed', said Arnaud Gaillot, head of the Jeunes Agriculteurs (Young Farmers) union.

'We won't lift the roadblocks as long as the prime minister does not make very concrete announcements.