Farmers Roll Hundreds of Tractors to Les Invalides in central Paris
French farmers drove hundreds of tractors into Paris on Wednesday to protest against pesticide restrictions and other environmental regulations they say are threatening farm production in the European Union's largest agricultural power.
The action follows an EU court ruling last month that overturned a French policy allowing sugar beet growers to use an insecticide banned by the EU, raising concern of a further decline in beet plantings and of sugar factory closures.
The sugar beet decision has sharpened discontent among farmers over what they see as excessive pesticide curbs that go against government calls to boost food security in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine.
"Our means of production keep being undermined by prohibitions without solutions," Jerome Despey, secretary general of the FNSEA, France's main farming union, told Reuter
-
35:22
DiggTrueInfor17
1 year agoNEW-Col Doug Macgregor: Neocons Globalist they will do everything to harm Russia
407 -
LIVE
AP4Liberty
1 hour agoAlex Jones' Infowars Assets To Be Auctioned
486 watching -
1:26:48
Game On!
9 hours agoTaylor Swift now runs the NFL!
6.33K5 -
1:14:21
JULIE GREEN MINISTRIES
2 hours agoLIVE WITH JULIE
37.7K263 -
LIVE
Vigilant News Network
13 hours agoDiddy Predicts His Chilling End in Newly-Resurfaced Video | The Daily Dose
1,707 watching -
18:06
Producer Michael
19 hours agoTAKING DELIVERY OF MY NEW SUPERCAR!
9.38K4 -
33:23
Popcorn In Bed
22 hours agoOCTOBER SKY (1999) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION
11.9K17 -
21:25
Danny Haiphong
16 hours ago $0.38 earnedIsrael in TURMOIL: Hezbollah CRUSHES IDF's Lebanon Offensive | Ghadi Francis & Lowkey
16.2K17 -
39:54
Brewzle
14 hours agoBourbon Hunting is Bigger in Houston, TX
10.6K4 -
8:44
Tactical Advisor
1 day agoNew Springfield Echelon Comp (FIRST LOOK)
11.9K2