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Added on the 15/01/2024 10:39:14 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Horns are heard through the streets of Arras in northern France as a long line of tractors is making their way towards the local prefecture. Farmers responded to the call of farmers union Rural Coordination, keeping the pressure on the French government two days before the Paris International Agricultural Show. IMAGES
Around 80 new tractors arrive at a protest held by Italian farmers on the outskirts of Rome to pressure the government to improve their working conditions. Italy is one of a number of countries across Europe where farmers have staged weeks of demonstrations to demand lower fuel taxes, better prices for their products and an easing of EU environmental regulations that they say makes it more difficult to compete with cheaper foreign produce. IMAGES
In Catalonia, demonstrators are converging on Barcelona, where a rally is scheduled outside the regional government headquarters. Across Spain, thousands of farmers use tractors to block roads for the second day straight amid Europe-wide protests against cheaper imports and heavy regulation. IMAGES
Indian farmers in tractor convoys clash with police as they march towards central New Delhi to take their protest against agriculture reform to the heart of India's capital, just as the nation marks Republic Day with a giant military parade. IMAGES
Around 200 people protest against the Alternative for Germany (AfD) after the hard-right party gains seats in the German parliament for the first time. IMAGES