Hundreds of French farmers angered by international trade deals and government policy drove tractors along the main highways into Paris, blocking commuter traffic and adding to the social unrest facing President Macron.
PARIS - French farmers angered by government policies that they say threaten their livelihoods drove convoys of tractors into Paris on Wednesday, obstructing commuter traffic and adding to the social unrest facing President Emmanuel Macron.
“”Macron, answer us! Save farmers,” read one banner carried by a tractor rolling down the A1 autoroute. Agriculture Minister Didier Guillaume defended the government’s record, saying the law would help once it had more time to have an impact. City dwellers and environmentalists should stop denigrating farmers, he told Europe 1 radio.
His government last week announced emergency financing in a failed attempt to head off further hospital strikes and has been locked in negotiations with unions this week over pension reform ahead of nationwide transport strikes on Dec. 5th. “We’re the new scapegoats. As soon as something goes wrong, it’s the farmers’ fault,” Jean-Yves Bricourt, leader of the main FNSEA union in the administrative department of Aisne, told Reuters. “We’re treated like criminals.”Farmers widely blame Macron for rushing to ban glyphosate by 2021, going beyond current European Union policy, although the government has promised exemptions for farms that have no viable alternative.
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