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Carrefour apologizes to Brazil for CEO’s remarks, and beef is headed back to its stores
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Carrefour apologizes to Brazil for CEO’s remarks, and beef is headed back to its stores

Associated Press  

BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazilian beef was headed back to the shelves of Carrefour-owned grocery stores Tuesday after a brief boycott sparked by remarks from the French company’s chief executive about nations in the South America trade bloc Mercosur. Carrefour CEO Alexandre Bompard apologized to Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture for social media posts in which he said that Mercosur nations had …

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French farmers mobilize for protests over EU-Mercosur trade deal
1 month ago

French farmers mobilize for protests over EU-Mercosur trade deal

Live Mint  

PARIS — French farmers are mobilizing for widespread protests on Monday targeting the EU-Mercosur trade agreement. Proponents of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement argue that it would significantly boost economic ties between Europe and South America by eliminating tariffs on European exports, notably for machinery, chemicals and cars, thereby enhancing market access and creating lucrative opportunities for European businesses. Earlier this …

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French farmers escalate protests against an EU-Mercosur trade deal and fear unfair competition
1 month ago

French farmers escalate protests against an EU-Mercosur trade deal and fear unfair competition

Associated Press  

BEAUVAIS, France — French farmers escalated protests Monday against the European Union-Mercosur trade agreement under negotiation, citing fears of unfair competition. Now, with unfair competition from South American products boosted with hormones and GMOs, it’s the final straw.” Armelle Fraiture, a 25-year-old who took over her family’s 300-cow farm in the Beauvais region earlier in the year, expressed concerns about …

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French dairy company to invest ₹200cr for expansion in Punjab
2 months, 3 weeks ago

French dairy company to invest ₹200cr for expansion in Punjab

Hindustan Times  

French dairy company Danone on Friday announced to expand operations in Punjab by investing 20 billion Euros. The company collects milk from 100 villages and has 17 chilling centres.It has been running operations in India for past 30 years and procures 30,000 litres of milk every day from 5,000 farmers in Punjab with a total of 1 lakh tonnes annually. …

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Angry protests: Why are French farmers so powerful?
9 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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Angry French farmers with tractors are back on the streets of Paris for another protest
10 months 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,” …

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French farmers lift road blockades around Paris after the prime minister offers a support plan
10 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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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
10 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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Watch as protesting French farmers block major roads and motorways with tractors for third day
10 months, 3 weeks ago

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

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 Watch as French farmers continue …

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Jeremy Clarkson shares support after becoming unlikely idol for protesting French farmers
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Jeremy Clarkson shares support after becoming unlikely idol for protesting French farmers

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 Jeremy Clarkson has emerged an …

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Protesting farmers have France’s government in a bind
10 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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Protesting farmers have France’s government in a bind
10 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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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
10 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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Le hangover! French farmers wake up in their tractors after feasting on wine and sausages overnight... as they prepare for second day of protest 'siege' intended to 'starve Paris'
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Le hangover! French farmers wake up in their tractors after feasting on wine and sausages overnight... as they prepare for second day of protest 'siege' intended to 'starve Paris'

Daily Mail  

French farmers started their tractors this morning for another day of protests, saying they would 'stave Paris' after triumphantly feasting on wine and sausages overnight. A farmer lies in a pile of hay after spending the night at a highway barricade in Aix-en-Provence, southern France, on January 30 Farmers have lunch on the A20 highway near Saint-Maur, on January 30 …

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Jerome Bayle: The driving force behind farmers’ protest in France
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Jerome Bayle: The driving force behind farmers’ protest in France

Firstpost  

Farmers in France have been protesting for days. Among the protesters is Jerome Bayle, a French farmer who began the roadblock protests following his father’s suicide. ‘Found my father with a bullet in his head because of this profession’ Inspired to act following the suicide of his father amid the tough conditions of the French farming industry, Jerome Bayle has …

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France’s government announces new measures to calm farmers’ protests, as barricades squeeze Paris
10 months, 3 weeks ago

France’s government announces new measures to calm farmers’ protests, as barricades squeeze Paris

Associated Press  

JOSSIGNY, France — France’s new prime minister showered promises of help on angry farmers Tuesday, from emergency cash aid to controls on imported food, in hopes that cools a protest movement that has seen tractors shut down highways across France and inspired similar actions around Europe. Farmers seeking better pay, fewer constraints and lower costs are camped out on hay-strewn …

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French farmers announce plan to seize Paris to demand better work environment, pay
10 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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Tractors on TikTok: Europe’s farmers send a loud pre-election message
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Tractors on TikTok: Europe’s farmers send a loud pre-election message

Al Jazeera  

Five months before the European Parliament elections, angry European Union farmers are honking to be heard. “We became Europe’s slaves”, said Ghiocel, 47, his cheeks rosy from the freezing late January temperatures, as he stroked the young animal. A clip of tractors blocking a road in Germany garnered more than seven million views on TikTok, and footage of French farmers …

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French farmers aim to put Paris ‘under siege’ in tractor protest. Activists hurl soup at ‘Mona Lisa’
10 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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French farmers vow to continue protesting despite the government's offer of concessions
10 months, 3 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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A woman dies and 2 people are injured at a French farmers’ protest barricade
11 months ago

A woman dies and 2 people are injured at a French farmers’ protest barricade

Associated Press  

PARIS — Spreading demonstrations by French farmers against low wages and other grievances were hit by tragedy Tuesday when a woman was killed and her husband and daughter seriously injured in a traffic collision at a protest barricade. A car plowed into straw bales that demonstrators had placed across a road, hitting the three people before it came to a …

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