Farmers drove tractors under this monument to soldiers who fell in battle on the famous Champs Elysees avenue around 06:00 (local time, 07:00 Greek time) and briefly blocked traffic, police said.
“We went up this morning to lay a wreath at the Arc de Triomphe to pay tribute to all the farmers who kill themselves,” explained Axel Masson, a livestock farmer in the Loire-et-Cher region in central France.
France: Rural Coordination is leading an action this morning around the Arc de Triomphe, blocking the top of the Champs-Elysées with straw bales and tractors, according to AFP.⬇️
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“The state still doesn’t listen to us,” he added, while the anger of the farming world is felt across Europe. Shortly following 07:00 (08:00 Greek time), police vehicles had taken up positions under the monument and traffic on the famous boulevard Sainte-Élysée had not yet been restored. The demonstration under the Arc de Triomphe ended around 09:40 (local time), according to an AFP reporter.
Other actions also took place near Paris: four tractors blocked a ring road exit and others took up positions at the height of another access to this ring road that surrounds the capital, according to police.
“A procession of tractors is on its way to the palace of Versailles”, a few tens of kilometers from Paris, where a police force is waiting for them, the same source added.
Among the 66 arrested is Patrick Legras, a well-known figure in the Agricultural Coordination, France’s second-largest farmers’ union, which organized today’s protest.
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