Chaos expected as French farmers blockade towns
Don't be surprised if you're held up by a queue of tractors today as France's farmers take to the streets to protest against the falling prices of their products.
French farmers have hit the streets of France to protest against the falling prices of dairy and meat products.
Rennes in the west is particularly badly affected, with the city's ring road to be blocked from 11am on Wednesday. Newspaper Oeust-France reported that around 1,000 tractors were expected to circle the city until 5pm.
Protests are also taking place in Toulouse, across Brittany, Languedoc-Roussillon, Midi- Pyrenees and Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes, and follow Monday's protests in northern France.
Prudence sur les routes de #Bretagne, les tracteurs montent à #Rennes !https://t.co/RJbLmuswf3 pic.twitter.com/eMKePUSrpP
— Le Télégramme (@LeTelegramme) February 17, 2016
"Take care on the roads of Brittany, the tractors are piling up at Rennes!" says this tweet from local newspaper Le Télégramme.
#manifestationagricole Direct. Les tracteurs en route pour encercler Rennes https://t.co/TxyRZwSUAQ pic.twitter.com/1GkZDR4SYO
— Ouest-France (@OuestFrance) February 17, 2016
Crise agricole : Rennes cernée par les tracteurs en attendant les annonces du gouvernement https://t.co/jtj9WEoC42 pic.twitter.com/3gwF7VGGDC
— Le Parisien (@le_Parisien) February 17, 2016
[Direct] Le convoi des #agriculteurs à Saint-Brieuc : 7 km de ralentissements sur la RN12 https://t.co/TxyRZwSUAQ pic.twitter.com/jXZarwQ5iL
— Ouest-France (@OuestFrance) February 17, 2016
"The convoy of farmers at Saint-Brieuc - 7km of slow down on the RN12"
Farmers also demonstrated in front of the headquarters of the ASP (Services and Payment Agency), in Montreuil, outside Paris.
Photo: AFP
Below, a sculpture of a lamb is covered in stickers demanding a 'stop to agricultural norms'.
A banner below reads: "The administration kills farmers", while the sign on the tractor reads "Fed up with standards".
Photos: AFP
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Rennes in the west is particularly badly affected, with the city's ring road to be blocked from 11am on Wednesday. Newspaper Oeust-France reported that around 1,000 tractors were expected to circle the city until 5pm.
Protests are also taking place in Toulouse, across Brittany, Languedoc-Roussillon, Midi- Pyrenees and Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes, and follow Monday's protests in northern France.
Prudence sur les routes de #Bretagne, les tracteurs montent à #Rennes !https://t.co/RJbLmuswf3 pic.twitter.com/eMKePUSrpP
— Le Télégramme (@LeTelegramme) February 17, 2016
"Take care on the roads of Brittany, the tractors are piling up at Rennes!" says this tweet from local newspaper Le Télégramme.
#manifestationagricole Direct. Les tracteurs en route pour encercler Rennes https://t.co/TxyRZwSUAQ pic.twitter.com/1GkZDR4SYO
— Ouest-France (@OuestFrance) February 17, 2016
Crise agricole : Rennes cernée par les tracteurs en attendant les annonces du gouvernement https://t.co/jtj9WEoC42 pic.twitter.com/3gwF7VGGDC
— Le Parisien (@le_Parisien) February 17, 2016
[Direct] Le convoi des #agriculteurs à Saint-Brieuc : 7 km de ralentissements sur la RN12 https://t.co/TxyRZwSUAQ pic.twitter.com/jXZarwQ5iL
— Ouest-France (@OuestFrance) February 17, 2016
"The convoy of farmers at Saint-Brieuc - 7km of slow down on the RN12"
Farmers also demonstrated in front of the headquarters of the ASP (Services and Payment Agency), in Montreuil, outside Paris.
Photo: AFP
Below, a sculpture of a lamb is covered in stickers demanding a 'stop to agricultural norms'.
A banner below reads: "The administration kills farmers", while the sign on the tractor reads "Fed up with standards".
Photos: AFP
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