French farmers

French farmers drive 350 tractors to Parliament to protest low incomes and EU trade deal
January 13, 2026
PARIS (AP) — French farmers steered some 350 tractors Tuesday over cobblestoned Paris avenues toward Parliament to protest low incomes and an EU trade deal with South America that...
French farmers force their way through Paris with tractors to protest free trade deal
January 8, 2026
PARIS (AP) — Farmers drove about a hundred tractors into Paris on Thursday morning to protest the European Union intention to move forward with a free trade deal with...
French minister urges angry farmers to trust cow culls, vaccines
December 15, 2025
France's agriculture minister Monday defended planned mass cattle culls and vaccines to control an infectious bovine disease, after farmers vowed no let-up in their protests against what they view...
Farmers call for French blockades over cow disease cull
December 12, 2025
Angry French farmers are calling for more protests over the government-backed slaughter of cattle herds affected by so-called Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD).On Thursday there were clashes between riot police...
Carrefour’s cold shoulder for South American beef sparks a backlash from Brazil
November 25, 2024
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Supermarket giant Carrefour’s support for French farmers’ protests against a trade agreement between the European Union and the South American bloc Mercosur has sparked a...
French face election where center has ‘imploded,’ energizing the far right
June 30, 2024
SOURCE-SEINE — The mighty river that runs through Paris starts as a trickle in the quiet woods of this tiny village of stone houses, three roads, a single steepled church,...