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Added on the 26/01/2024 12:18:27 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Farmers in south of France are blocking off a toll booth by Saint-Jean-de-Vedas, close to Montpellier as they continue to put pressure on the government. French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal is expected to announce measures later today. Almost 400 km (250 miles) of motorway are closed in the south of France and top farmers' union have announced plans to encircle Paris. IMAGES
With their tractors and haystack-filled tipper lorries stationed on A6 motorway, French farmers are facing a police roadblock as they near Rungis, the world's second largest wholesale food market, just south of Paris. IMAGES
Despite fresh new measures announced this morning by French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, some farmers continue to block motorway A62 in both directions near Toulouse in southern France. IMAGES
Police watch as farmers makes their goodbyes before leaving the portion of A1 motorway at Chennevieres-les-Louvres, near Paris international airport Roissy Charles de Gaulle, they had blocked off with tractors. IMAGES
French farmers are beginning to dismantle their campsite on the A6 motorway at Chilly-Mazarin, in Paris southern suburbs. Farmers' largest unions FNSEA and Young Farmers have called for the blockades to be lifted following the new measures announced by the government. IMAGES
Several dozen tractors are blocking the A4 motorway at Jossigny, around 30 kilometres from Paris, during farmer protests gripping France. A total of eight motorways in the Paris region are affected by blockades and partial closures, according to the traffic monitoring website Sytadin. IMAGES