French farmers angry, attack foreign cargo trucks

French farmers attacked foreign trucks carrying imported produce to the south of the country on January 25, destroying their cargo. Protesters blocked at least 10 trucks and dumped shipments of Belgian cauliflower, Polish chicken and Spanish wine on the Malataverne highway, according to French radio station Bleu.

A photo taken from the scene showed food shipments that appeared to have been burned, scattered across the highway, blocking traffic.

Nông dân Pháp phẫn nộ, tấn công xe chở hàng nước ngoài- Ảnh 1. — French farmers block A62 motorway with tractors to protest price pressure, taxes and a series of regulations from the government

The demonstrations are part of a wave of recent protests by French farmers demanding urgent government action to address low agricultural prices. Farmers are also protesting fuel taxes and the European Union’s extension of free trade privileges to Ukrainian agricultural products, which they say have had a major impact on their livelihoods.

The protests have now dragged on for a second week, with farmers saying they will not stop unless their demands are met by the government. This poses the first major challenge to the new French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal.

Arnaud Gaillot, head of the Young Farmers (Jeunes Agriculteurs) association, said farmers could start disrupting traffic in Paris as early as today, Reuters reported. Meanwhile, Le Parisien newspaper also reported that French intelligence agencies had warned the government that regional agricultural federations had urged people to converge on the capital.

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