French farmers edge closer to Paris as protests ratchet up pressure on President Macron
11 months, 2 weeks ago

French farmers edge closer to Paris as protests ratchet up pressure on President Macron

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Snowballing protests by French farmers crept closer to Paris on Thursday, with tractors driving in convoys and blocking roads in many regions of the country to ratchet up pressure for government measures to protect the influential agricultural sector from foreign competition, red tape, rising costs and poverty-levels of pay for the worst-off producers. Traffic-snarling drive-slows, barricades of straw bales, stinky dumps of agricultural waste outside government offices and other demonstrations have rapidly blown up to become the first major crisis for newly appointed Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, installed two weeks ago by President Emmanuel Macron in hopes of injecting new vigor into his administration. In Brussels, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen opened a discussion panel to try to put farming on a new footing, hoping to take into account some of the complaints raised by protesters around the 27-nation bloc.

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Europe's farming wealth gap widening
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Europe's farming wealth gap widening

China Daily  

By JULIAN SHEA in London | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-11-21 11:08 A protesting farmer walks past fires during a demonstration on Monday in Chalons-en-Champagne, in northeastern France, against the EU-Mercosur agreement. Analysis by the United Kingdom newspaper The Guardian showed that during the last 15 years, the wealth gap has doubled, at the same time as the number …

French farmers protest EU-Mercosur deal that will increase South American imports
1 month, 4 weeks ago

French farmers protest EU-Mercosur deal that will increase South American imports

Associated Press  

PARIS — French farmers protested Tuesday against a trade deal that would increase agricultural imports from South America, saying it hurt their livelihoods. Tuesday’s protest in Aurillac, in southern France, was the start of a fresh wave expected to spread among the European agricultural community amid concern that the deal could be finalized at the G20 summit in Brazil on …

In France, a new center-right government is announced two months after divisive elections
3 months, 2 weeks ago

In France, a new center-right government is announced two months after divisive elections

LA Times  

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier, background center, French President Emmanuel Macron, foreground left, and Macron’s wife, Brigitte Macron, foreground right, applaud during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paralympics this month in Paris. The left-wing New Popular Front alliance surprised many by winning the most seats in the risky snap elections that Macron called in the wake of a far-right …

French trade union boss hints at protests during Olympics if left kept from power
5 months, 4 weeks ago

French trade union boss hints at protests during Olympics if left kept from power

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Breaking his silence since the New Popular Front grouping …

Violent clashes break out in Paris after shock exit poll results in France’s general election
6 months ago

Violent clashes break out in Paris after shock exit poll results in France’s general election

The Independent  

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Watch view of French National Assembly as country faces political deadlock after election result
6 months ago

Watch view of French National Assembly as country faces political deadlock after election result

The Independent  

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France braces for riots, stores board up amid threats of left-wing violence after election results
6 months ago

France braces for riots, stores board up amid threats of left-wing violence after election results

Op India  

On Sunday, France is holding the second and final round of voting for the 577-member strong National Assembly. As per reports, the country is bracing for riots and large-scale violence by supporters of the left-wing parties as reports indicate a major win for Marine Le Pen’s hard-right National Rally in the snap elections. At midday the turnout was 26.63%, almost …

France braces for more protests as polling stations open this morning for second round parliamentary votes that are expected to be won by hard right Marine Le Pen's National Rally
6 months ago

France braces for more protests as polling stations open this morning for second round parliamentary votes that are expected to be won by hard right Marine Le Pen's National Rally

Daily Mail  

France is preparing for more protesting ahead of the second round of historic parliamentary voting that will take place this morning and is expected to be won by hard-right Marine Le Pen's National Rally. High street stores across Paris were seen boarding up this morning ahead of the second round of parliamentary voting amid fears of protests Several central areas …

France is heading for 'Frexit in disguise' if National Rally or the far-left see success in Sunday's elections, Macron's allies fear
6 months ago

France is heading for 'Frexit in disguise' if National Rally or the far-left see success in Sunday's elections, Macron's allies fear

Daily Mail  

France risks a 'Frexit in disguise' if the hard right or left are victorious in the upcoming parliamentary elections, a key ally of Emmanuel Macron has warned. The first round of the election on Sunday propelled Marine Le Pen's National Rally party closer than ever to government, but also left open the possibility that voters could yet block its path …

Demonstrators across France protest against far-right
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Demonstrators across France protest against far-right

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-06-16 04:20 French CGT labour union leader Sophie Binet attends a demonstration against the French far-right National Rally party, ahead of early legislative elections in Paris, France on June 15. French President Emmanuel Macron announced last Sunday the dissolution of the National Assembly, following the defeat of his party in the 2024 European Parliament elections. Macron's Renaissance …

Thousands Protest in France to Oppose Le Pen’s Far Right
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Thousands Protest in France to Oppose Le Pen’s Far Right

Live Mint  

-- Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets across France Saturday to oppose Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally, which is predicted to finish first in the upcoming snap legislative election called by President Emmanuel Macron. “We have to reassure the country, and we can’t do that by throwing insults at each other.” He added that Melenchon’s decision …

France’s Thuram urges fellow citizens ‘to fight daily’ to prevent far right from taking power
6 months, 3 weeks ago

France’s Thuram urges fellow citizens ‘to fight daily’ to prevent far right from taking power

Associated Press  

PADERBORN, Germany — France forward Marcus Thuram has urged his fellow citizens “to fight daily” to prevent the surging nationalist far right from taking power in upcoming snap parliamentary elections in his country. Thuram spoke during a news conference at the European Championship in Germany on Saturday, two days after teammate Ousmane Dembélé implored people to vote in the elections …

French protesters are standing up to the far right ahead of the country’s snap elections
6 months, 3 weeks ago

French protesters are standing up to the far right ahead of the country’s snap elections

Associated Press  

PARIS — Anti-racism groups joined French unions and a brand-new left-wing coalition in protests in Paris and across France on Saturday against the surging nationalist far right as frenzied campaigning is underway ahead of snap parliamentary elections. Cekar said she will vote for the left-wing coalition because “it is the only political party that addresses racism and Islamophobia.” “I fear …

Hundreds of thousands in France protest far right ahead of snap elections
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Hundreds of thousands in France protest far right ahead of snap elections

Al Jazeera  

Crowds have gathered daily in France to protest since President Emmanuel Macron called parliamentary elections earlier this week after surge of the far-right National Rally. A large crowd turned out in spite of rainy and windy weather on Saturday holding placards reading “Liberty for all, Equality for all and Fraternity with all” – a reference to France’s national motto – …

French protesters turn out to oppose far-right shift ahead of snap election
6 months, 3 weeks ago

French protesters turn out to oppose far-right shift ahead of snap election

NPR  

French protesters turn out to oppose far-right shift ahead of snap election toggle caption Laure Boyer/AFP via Getty Images From Paris to Toulouse, some 300,000 people took to the streets of France on Saturday urging voters to block the country's far-right party from gaining a majority in the upcoming parliament elections. Protesters are demonstrating against far-right leaders Marine Le Pen …

France’s far right may win big in the EU elections. That’s worrying for migrants, Macron and Ukraine
7 months ago

France’s far right may win big in the EU elections. That’s worrying for migrants, Macron and Ukraine

Associated Press  

PARIS — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen isn’t on the ballot at the weekend’s European Parliament election, but she’s likely to emerge as one of its biggest winners. The June 6-9 elections in all 27 EU countries will shift the makeup of the European Parliament and policy-making in the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, likely further toward the …

Angry protests: Why are French farmers so powerful?
10 months, 1 week ago

Angry protests: Why are French farmers so powerful?

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 27, 2024 23:25 IST - 5 MINS READ The annual Paris International Agricultural Show is usually a platform for French politicians to show voters how down-to-earth they are. Structural reasons behind farmers’ power “The farmers’ political power is well enshrined at all levels—through the numerous agricultural chambers but also because many local politicians are farmers themselves,” said …

Belgian farmers spray riot police – and EU – with manure
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Belgian farmers spray riot police – and EU – with manure

The Telegraph  

Elsewhere, the atmosphere was more serene. Marianne Streel, president of the Flemish federation of agriculture, yelled: “Free trade agreements, falling revenues and simpler Common Agricultural Policy.” “We’re here again in Brussels today as farmers because the European Union is not listening to our demands. Fugea, a group that represents smaller Belgian farmers, declared: “Europe does not seem to understand what …

Macron booed by French farmers who blame him for not doing enough to support agriculture
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Macron booed by French farmers who blame him for not doing enough to support agriculture

Associated Press  

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron was greeted with boos and whistles at the opening of the Paris Agricultural Fair on Saturday by angry farmers who blame him for not doing enough to support them. Police in full riot gear were deployed at the Paris Agricultural Fair to prevent them from getting close to Macron, who had a planned meeting …

Angry French farmers with tractors are back on the streets of Paris for another protest
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Angry French farmers with tractors are back on the streets of Paris for another protest

Associated Press  

PARIS — Angry farmers were back in Paris on their tractors in a new protest Friday demanding more government support and simpler regulations, on the eve of a major agricultural fair in the French capital. Government officials have held a series of meetings with farmers unions in recent weeks to discuss a new bill meant to defend France’s “agricultural sovereignty,” …

French mayors face violence and intimidation from xenophobic far-right groups
10 months, 3 weeks ago

French mayors face violence and intimidation from xenophobic far-right groups

LA Times  

A woman walks down a street in the village of Callac, France, where Mayor Jean-Yves Rolland in December gave up on his plan to house seven to 10 refugee families, bending to far-right opposition. While there is no tradition of suspicion of a “deep state” in France, Reconquête’s founder, Eric Zemmour, has emulated former President Trump in taking aim at …

French farmers lift road blockades around Paris after the prime minister offers a support plan
11 months, 1 week ago

French farmers lift road blockades around Paris after the prime minister offers a support plan

Associated Press  

PARIS — French farmers were gradually lifting their roadblocks around Paris and elsewhere in the country on Friday, a day after the French government offered over 400 million euros in various measures meant to answer their grievances over low earnings, heavy regulation and unfair competition from abroad. Arnaud Rousseau, the president of the biggest farmers union, FNSEA, speaking on news …

Farmers bring down statue in Brussels protest as 1,000 tractors block roads
11 months, 1 week ago

Farmers bring down statue in Brussels protest as 1,000 tractors block roads

The Independent  

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AP PHOTOS: A farming protest movement grips Europe from Brussels and Berlin to Greece and Romania
11 months, 1 week ago

AP PHOTOS: A farming protest movement grips Europe from Brussels and Berlin to Greece and Romania

The Independent  

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France’s 2 key farmers unions suspend protests after the government offers new measures
11 months, 1 week ago

France’s 2 key farmers unions suspend protests after the government offers new measures

Associated Press  

PARIS — France’s two major farmers unions announced they would lift country-wide blockades Thursday, shortly after the prime minister introduced new measures aimed at protecting their livelihoods that they described as “tangible progress.” However, farmer activists who have snarled traffic along major highways around Paris said they would stay put at least another day to see the government commitments in …

French police clampdown on tractor blockade chaos: Cops arrest nearly 80 militant farmers trying to besiege Paris with motorway blockades amid growing protests across EU
11 months, 1 week ago

French police clampdown on tractor blockade chaos: Cops arrest nearly 80 militant farmers trying to besiege Paris with motorway blockades amid growing protests across EU

Daily Mail  

French police arrested scores of militant farmers tonight as tensions escalated to new levels. French police arrested almost 80 militant farmers on Wednesday as tensions escalated to new levels Defying warnings by the authorities, some farmers converged on the Rungis wholesale market outside of Paris where nearly 80 people were arrested when some individuals penetrated the complex The French government …

Watch as protesting French farmers block major roads and motorways with tractors for third day
11 months, 1 week ago

Watch as protesting French farmers block major roads and motorways with tractors for third day

The Independent  

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Traffic-blocking farmers now closing in on EU capital in a protest seeking better market conditions
11 months, 1 week ago

Traffic-blocking farmers now closing in on EU capital in a protest seeking better market conditions

Associated Press  

HALLE, Belgium — Farmers blocked more traffic arteries across Belgium, France and Italy on Wednesday, as they sought to disrupt trade at major ports and other economic lifelines. While the days of mushrooming discontent have been largely peaceful, French police arrested 91 protesters who forced their way Wednesday into Europe’s biggest food market, the Paris police chief said. The protests …

Protesting farmers have France’s government in a bind
11 months, 1 week ago

Protesting farmers have France’s government in a bind

LA Times  

Protesting farmers relax by a bonfire as they block a highway in Jossigny, east of Paris, on Tuesday. Farmers have captured France’s attention by showering government offices with manure and besieging Paris with traffic-snarling barricades of tractors and hay bales. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused painful economic shocks, including higher costs, bringing farmers’ anger to a head in …

Protesting farmers have France’s government in a bind
11 months, 1 week ago

Protesting farmers have France’s government in a bind

Associated Press  

PARIS — Farmers have captured France’s attention by showering government offices with manure and besieging Paris with traffic-snarling barricades of tractors and hay bales. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused painful economic shocks, including higher costs, bringing farmers’ anger to a head in France and other European countries. “But we’re not getting the same revenue.” When the Ukraine war …

French farmers target Aldi and Lidl as protests spread across Europe: Tractors block retailer's distribution hubs over 'unfairly' low prices - as producers warn UK supermarkets face supply issues with
11 months, 1 week ago

French farmers target Aldi and Lidl as protests spread across Europe: Tractors block retailer's distribution hubs over 'unfairly' low prices - as producers warn UK supermarkets face supply issues with

Daily Mail  

Are YOU a farmer affected by this? French farmers targeted a Lidl distribution centre in south-eastern France by setting fire to rubbish outside Footage from the Lidl hub in the south of France showed mountains of rubbish dumped outside which was set alight As protests mounted across Europe, Belgian farmers also appeared to stage a demonstration in front of a …

Angry farmers laying siege to Paris say they're inspired by Jeremy Clarkson's Amazon farming show and 'everything he says in Clarkson's Farm is why we are here today'
11 months, 1 week ago

Angry farmers laying siege to Paris say they're inspired by Jeremy Clarkson's Amazon farming show and 'everything he says in Clarkson's Farm is why we are here today'

Daily Mail  

The angry farmers who are laying siege to Paris have said they are inspired by Jeremy Clarkson's Amazon farming show. The show, Clarkson's Farm, follows the former Top Gear presenter as he tries to navigate running a farm in the Cotswolds as 'Britain’s most unlikely farmer' French riot police prevented a tractor convoy blockading the largest fresh food market in …

France to push changes in EU law to deter farmers protest
11 months, 1 week ago

France to push changes in EU law to deter farmers protest

Firstpost  

As tractors blocked major highways out of Paris on Monday and nationwide farmer protests grew more intense, France announced that it would push to loosen European Union environmental regulations on fallow farmland this week. Rousseau said farmers would continue their action everywhere in France “with the aim to get emergency measures about the core of our business”. Farming Minister Marc …

French farmers announce plan to seize Paris to demand better work environment, pay
11 months, 1 week ago

French farmers announce plan to seize Paris to demand better work environment, pay

Firstpost  

Beginning on Monday, French farmers will embark on an indefinite “siege” of Paris, closing major highways and advancing on the city as they seek improved working conditions and pay. “I want us to clarify things and see what extra measures we can take” to meet farmers’ complaints that they face unfair competition, he said. “What we need are decisions that …

France’s protesting farmers encircle Paris with tractor barricades, vowing a ‘siege’
11 months, 1 week ago

France’s protesting farmers encircle Paris with tractor barricades, vowing a ‘siege’

LA Times  

Tractors park on a highway on Monday near Roissy-en-France, north of Paris. Protesting farmers vowed to encircle Paris with tractor barricades and drive-slows on Monday, aiming to lay siege to France’s seat of power in a battle with the government over the future of their industry, which has been shaken by repercussions of the Ukraine war. Protesting farmers encircled Paris …

French farmers aim to put Paris ‘under siege’ in tractor protest. Activists hurl soup at ‘Mona Lisa’
11 months, 1 week ago

French farmers aim to put Paris ‘under siege’ in tractor protest. Activists hurl soup at ‘Mona Lisa’

Associated Press  

PARIS — France’s interior ministry on Sunday ordered a large deployment of security forces around Paris as angry farmers threatened to head toward the capital, hours after climate activists hurled soup at the glass protecting the “Mona Lisa” painting at the Louvre Museum. France’s two biggest farmers unions said in a statement that their members based in areas surrounding the …

French farmers vow to continue protesting despite the government's offer of concessions
11 months, 1 week ago

French farmers vow to continue protesting despite the government's offer of concessions

The Independent  

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Watch: French farmers on tractors block roads as protest approaches Paris
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Watch: French farmers on tractors block roads as protest approaches Paris

The Independent  

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French farmers edge closer to Paris as protests ratchet up pressure on President Macron
11 months, 2 weeks ago

French farmers edge closer to Paris as protests ratchet up pressure on President Macron

Associated Press  

Snowballing protests by French farmers crept closer to Paris on Thursday, with tractors driving in convoys and blocking roads in many regions of the country to ratchet up pressure for government measures to protect the influential agricultural sector from foreign competition, red tape, rising costs and poverty-levels of pay for the worst-off producers. Traffic-snarling drive-slows, barricades of straw bales, stinky …

French farmers close in on Paris as protests ratchet up pressure on President Macron
11 months, 2 weeks ago

French farmers close in on Paris as protests ratchet up pressure on President Macron

LA Times  

Farmers take a break from demonstrating Thursday near Etampes, south of Paris, amid protests across France against low wages, regulations, mounting costs and other problems in the agricultural industry. Snowballing protests by French farmers crept closer to Paris on Thursday, with tractors driving in convoys and blocking roads in many regions of the country to ratchet up pressure for government …

European farmers block French roads and head to Brussels to protest wages and bureaucratic meddling
11 months, 2 weeks ago

European farmers block French roads and head to Brussels to protest wages and bureaucratic meddling

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — A surge in agricultural protests from the streets of Berlin to the flanks of the Pyrenees reached the European Union’s headquarters on Wednesday where farmers decried everything from petty bureaucratic meddling to the scourge of bankruptcy and worse. “We have the farmers’ common sense.” It’s a refrain heard across the 27-nation bloc, as farmers have to adapt to …

French protesters ask Macron not to sign off on an immigration law with a far-right footprint
11 months, 2 weeks ago

French protesters ask Macron not to sign off on an immigration law with a far-right footprint

Associated Press  

PARIS — Tens of thousands of people marched in the streets of cities across France on Sunday to call on President Emmanuel Macron not to sign into law tough new legislation on immigration that they say bears the footprint of the far right and betrays French values. The timing of the protests was critical, coming four days before the Constitutional …

Protesters angry at pension law stage actions across France
1 year, 8 months ago

Protesters angry at pension law stage actions across France

The Independent  

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France’s Macron heckled by crowd angry over pensions
1 year, 8 months ago

France’s Macron heckled by crowd angry over pensions

Associated Press  

PARIS — In France, when presidents take strolls among the public, they’re described as “taking a crowd bath.” Emmanuel Macron took a very cold one on Wednesday. One man who shook his hand didn’t hold back and told Macron that his government is “corrupt” -- a claim that Macron immediately denied. Working his way along the crowd, which was kept …

Protesters target Paris restaurant La Rotonde, favoured by French president Emmanuel Macron
1 year, 9 months ago

Protesters target Paris restaurant La Rotonde, favoured by French president Emmanuel Macron

ABC  

Clashes have erupted in Paris next to a bistro favoured by French president Emmanuel Macron, as protesters torched garbage cans and smashed two banks on Thursday during the 11th day of nationwide demonstrations against pension reform. Key points: France has weathered 11 days of protest since Emmanuel Macron moved forward with his plan to raise the retirement age by to …

Clashes as French protesters rally against Macron's pension bill
1 year, 9 months ago

Clashes as French protesters rally against Macron's pension bill

India Today  

Black-clad groups set fire to garbage cans and threw projectiles at police in Paris, who charged at them and threw teargas in confrontations on the fringes of a march against President Emmanuel Macron and his deeply unpopular pension bill. "The bill has acted as a catalyst for anger over Macron's policies," said Fanny Charier, 31, who works for the Pole …

Macron wants French pension plan implemented by end of year
1 year, 9 months ago

Macron wants French pension plan implemented by end of year

Associated Press  

PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron is stubbornly resisting growing discontent on the streets of France, saying on Wednesday that the pension bill he pushed through without a vote in parliament to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 must be implemented by the end of the year. It’s as though “there’s a well lit fire and he is pouring …

French protesters march past garbage piles, resisting Macron
1 year, 9 months ago

French protesters march past garbage piles, resisting Macron

The Hindu  

A smattering of protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise France's retirement age from 62 to 64 took place on March 18 in Paris and beyond, as uncollected garbage reeked in the streets of the French capital amid a strike by sanitation workers. Protesters are trying to pressure lawmakers to bring down Mr. Macron’s government and doom the unpopular …

Violent protests in France over Macron’s retirement age push
1 year, 9 months ago

Violent protests in France over Macron’s retirement age push

Associated Press  

PARIS — Angry protesters took to the streets in Paris and other cities for a second day on Friday, trying to pressure lawmakers to bring down French President Emmanuel Macron’s government and doom the unpopular retirement age increase he’s trying to impose without a vote in the National Assembly. A day after Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne invoked a special constitutional …

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