French farmers drive 1,000 tractors towards Paris in blockade threat

Farmers vow to ‘besiege’ capital in protest over regulation changes they say are destroying rural life

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French farmers are driving tractors towards Paris as they start to make good on a threat to blockade the French capital for an indefinite period in a row over working conditions.

Protesters rejected concessions made by the prime minister, Gabriel Attal, at the weekend and promised to “besiege” Paris by paralysing the seven main motorways into the city by early afternoon. Continue reading...


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