French farmers' tractor protest inches closer to Paris
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Farmers drive their tractors during a protest called by local branches of major farmer unions FNSEA and Jeunes Agriculteurs, blocking the A35 highway with tractors near Strasbourg, eastern France, on January 30, 2024.
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The nationwide protests called by several farmers unions are over pay, tax and regulations.
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French farmers rest by a fire as they block a highway with their tractors during a protest over taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, in Longvilliers, near Paris on January 30, 2024.
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French farmers stand next to a fire as they settle to a new place to block the road, to get closer to Rungis wholesale food market, during a protest on the A6 highway near Chilly-Mazarin, south of Paris, on January 30, 2024.
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A farmer stands atop a tractor to take a picture during a protest called by local branches of major farmer unions FNSEA and Jeunes Agriculteurs, blocking the A35 highway with tractors near Strasbourg, eastern France, on January 30.
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Farmers stand next to a tractor displaying the slogan "our end, your hunger" during a protest called by local branches of major farmer unions FNSEA and Jeunes Agriculteurs, blocking the A35 highway with tractors near Strasbourg.
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A banner reading "Let's fight for our means of production" hangs from a tractor as farmers take part in a roadblock protest on the A6 highway near Lisses, south of Paris, on January 30, 2024.
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French farmers create a human chain to move boxes of food as they settle to a new place to block the road to get closer to Rungis wholesale food market during a protest on the A6 highway near Chilly-Mazarin, south of Paris.