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French farmers decide to take action again: Convoys on the way to Paris

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November 18, 2024

While farmers in France, who held large-scale protests on New Year’s Eve, decided to take action again, the first farmer convoy reached the vicinity of Paris. Authorities asked drivers not to use some of the main roads affected by the farmers’ protests. French farmers’ protests are expected to continue until mid-December.

According to reports in the French press, farmers in the Ile-de-France region of Paris have resumed protests against the planned free trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR), as well as the government’s agricultural policies.
While farmers decided to take action nationwide upon the call of the unions, the first farmer convoys that set off with their tractors from the Yvelines and Essonne provinces disrupted transportation.
Authorities have advised drivers not to use some of the main roads affected by the farmers’ protests in these provinces. wanted.
While four convoys formed by farmers from two provinces negatively affected transportation on many highways in the region, they partially closed the N118 highway near Villacoublay Air Base in Yvelines.
Farmers in France have approximately The opposition also reacted to the free trade agreement plan between MERCOSUR and the EU, which prompted the French to take action again a year later.
Politicians from the leftist Unyielding France (LFI) party wanted the agreement to be negotiated in the National Assembly and for the government not to enact an agreement that the French did not approve of. The French farmers’ protests are expected to continue until mid-December.
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