A tractor blockade established at eight points around Paris is intended to “starve Parisians”, a French farmer has claimed.
Benoit Durand, a grain farmer, told French broadcaster BFM TV: “We are holding a siege in Chartres, one hour away from Paris. It’s part of the blockade… the goal is to put pressure on the government.”
”[Blockading Paris] will happen naturally. Parisians are going to be hungry. The goal is to starve Parisians. That’s it”.
Around 800 tractors have surrounded the capital as farmers protest what they say are stringent environmental regulations, red tape and low pay.
Near Beauvais, north of Paris, dozens of tractors lined the highway in one of many such protests across the country, displaying banners that read: “Our end will be your hunger” – a play on the similar-sounding French words fin (end) and faim (hunger).
Armoured police vehicles were deployed to Rungis on Monday after some farmers threatened to “occupy” it. Over 8,000 tons of goods pass through its market every day to feed nearly 12 million people.
In the event of major disruption, Paris would only have three days’ food supplies, as deliveries are made every day, according to government agency Ademe.
Read more here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/01/29/french-farmer-protests-latest-paris/
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I’m currently 25 kom north of Paris not far from was de Airport um at Louvre as you can see behind me dozens of tractors are blocking the A1 motorway farmers are laying siege to Paris as they put it at eight points around the capital and they say they won’t budge until the
Government gives them more concessions aim to starve Paris no clearly not I mean uh if you hear about r today I think it’s a very small minority wants to do that for now the idea is just to to find solution to speak with the the government and and to to have the the
Solution on on the points we want and and as explained to go back on some laws that we find completely ridiculous and unapplicable and creating for us some some problem with the ud de célbrités français la même chose que jé Clarkson sur la série Clarkson à la ferme c’est une série Amazon Prime
C’est tout ce qu’il a expliqué c’est le pourquoi du comment on est là aujourd’hui ça été vos normes à vous par rapport au brexit tout ce que vous avez vécu et aussi les normes environnementales c’est tout a été expliqué et nous en France on dit exactement la même chose voilà tout
Simplement donc c’est pas uniquement une question de l’Union européenne alors c’est vraiment juste une question de de bureaucratie aussi si si si de bureaucratie l’Union européenne les agriculteurs anglais ont voté ét pour le brexit à la base le gouvernement leur a promis que le à la place des zpac ils seront versés
Par le gouvernement en place finalement ils toujours après voilà nous on est pas là à vouloir sortir de l’Europe c’est encore un autre débat mais sur tout ce qui est question environnementale c’est exactement les mêmes choses en France voilà on est ici aujourd’hui on a le bol on est ici pour défendre notre
Revenu on en a marre de l’administrative qui est excessive dans notre pays par rapport à notre métier aux normes aux normes que que la France rajoute en plus des normes européennes on a 140 revendications total voilà on est ici pour deux ou TR jours et on ne
Bougera pas d’ici tant que toutes ces revendications ne sonont par notre gouvernement et vous n’avez pas peur de d’être trop énervé les les Parisiens à les bloquer comme ça malheureusement il il faut un peu ce qu’il faut ça n fait pas plaisir d’être d’être ici c’est au gouvernement de faire les
Les choses rapidement et on partira le plus vite possible on a du boulot aussi sur nos exploitations

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"We're here because we want to pollute"
Wow yeah, these are totally the good guys……
"Laws come in from the European Union, and we make them worse as France."
🗣🗣💥❗️‼️❗️💥🗣‼️❗️💥❗️💥❗️💥🗣🗣🗣
Wow, Kevin James plays a convincing French farmer and his French is impeccable!
Courage à vous, vous êtes dans la légitimité
The French people are your friends, the french government, not so much .
xD
Monsieur le President Jeremy Clarkson
The French know how to party!
I never thought I would hear the French say “Jeremy Clarkson is right”. All the jokes he made at the French’s expense, he must be having a field day!
This was not on the list of things France would say about Clarkson
No one protests like the French.
Jeremy Clarkson has had such a legendary life 🤣
It’s cheaper to import. Plus if people can’t grow their own food they’ll have to be dependent on whoever can provide it.
Amazing we will bend over backwards for migrants (military aged males that sneak into our countries), we'll do whatever Pfizer wants us to do, but we won't help farmers. Insane.
2nd revolution
Meanwhile, in the United States, the people still think being fat and voting once every four years is enough to change the country’s policies in any meaningful way.
Vive France!! Keep up the great work. We all need food!!
Vive la révolution!
judging by the size of their tractors I guess it's not sustainable biological farmers leading this protest
Support the farmers
Lets just hope (Likely against hope I get that) that the French government is ready to negotiate with these guys and handle this better than Trudeau handled the trucker convoy in 2022.
I remember that, many years ago, French farmers were described as the most inefficient in Europe. Wonder if anything has changed?
I'm wondering why their claims aren't mentioned? It's the EU and the french government – and the red tape.
They have 140 claims – and none of them worth mentioning?
Is this News or is it reality-TV?
Everyone in the world should support the farmers protests going on in Europe and so many other places. This is an Anti-Globalist movement, the globalists want world wars, cheap dependence on international markets (where bankers can make their money) and they want obedient populations. We must never obey the bureaucrats again. Our governments are by the people. Not based on identity or nationality, but on the common thread of humanity.
Hmm a fascist paper coming up with fascist commentary who would have thought
What a wonderful timeline we live in
All of Europe can grow food, so why do we buy food from others when everyone can grow it THEMSELFS?!
Let each country TAX FOREIGN FOOD GOODS
Вы меня газуй послали и я тоже пошел нахуй
#FEM
Well, didnt expect this in 2024, but here we are Jeremy Clarkson being revered as a hero
God forbid there’s regulations to abide too 🤦♂️
Hopefully they get this resolved in time for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.
when are the French not protesting something
Pay no attention. Its rich french farmers crying about being cancelled becasue they are rightwing.
Be a farmer, save the nation!
The native ethnic French are upset their government is replacing them with foreigners and catering more to the new foreigners than the actual French.