UPDATE 1-Protesting French farmers bring tractors to Paris centre
Published on: Jan. 8, 2026, 12:04 p.m. | Source: Devdiscourse
We have been abandoned in favour of a space shuttle, an Airbus, or a car," Stephane Pelletier, the deputy president of the union in Vienne, in central France, told Reuters. The protest comes days after the European Commission proposed making 45 billion euros of EU funding available earlier to farmers and agreed to cut import duties on some fertilizers in a bid to win over countries wavering in their support of Mercosur.
