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Angry French Farmers Clash With Police As Macron Attends Paris Agricultural Fair
French President Emmanuel Macron spent the entire day at the annual agricultural fair Saturday, as angry farmers heckled him and scuffled with police.
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Tractors Roll Into Paris As French Farmers Raise Pressure On Macron
Farmers drove tractors into central Paris on Friday to bring fresh pressure on President Emmanuel Macron, who promised them a meeting to discuss their grievances but then cancelled the event.
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French Farmers Vow Paris 'Siege' In Pay, Conditions Battle
Farmers' leaders in the Paris region on Saturday promised to mount a "siege" on the French capital next week to pressure the government into meeting their demands on pay, tax and regulations.
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Stuck In "Love Triangle", French Farmer Shoots Dead Lover's Partner
An amorous triangle deep in the French countryside has come to a grisly end, prosecutors said Friday after arresting a man who shot his rival and buried him in a field.
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Europe's Early Summer Heat Wave: Record Temperatures In 4 Decades
Spain was headed for record June temperatures in four decades on Friday, one area of France banned outdoor events, and drought stalked Italian farmers, as an early summer heat wave sent Western Europeans hunting for shade.
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Burger King France Gave Away Free Potatoes To Customers; The Reason Will Impress You
Burger King again won hearts with a unique initiative to support the famers in France. Burger King France bought extra 200tonne potatoes and distributed among the visitors.
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Why Giant Oyster, Caught For Food Festival, Was Thrown Back Into Water
Oyster farmers in western France have sacrificed a seafood feast and put a mega-mollusc weighing 1.44 kilogrammes (3.2 pounds) back in the water after naming it "Georgette" in honour of a retiring worker.
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Climate Change Takes Toll On French Oyster Farmers
Gulping down oysters has long been a favourite New Year's Eve ritual for the French, but as winters get warmer and summers get drier many growers worry there will soon be fewer of the prized mollusks to go around.
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Anger In The Countryside: French Farmers Bristle As Wild Boars Run Amok
Farmers across France are suffering the consequences of an explosion in the wild boar population over the past three decades, venturing off woodland in search of food.
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"No Grass For Livestock": Century-High Temperature Hits Europe's Farmers
"Our cows have been living off hay cut in June, there isn't any grass," says Jean-Guillaume Hannequin, a farmer in eastern France, who like his counterparts across much of northern Europe is wondering how he will feed his animals this winter.
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Tour de France Restarts After Farmers' Protest
Tour de France stage 16 was briefly halted when police used tear gas near the peloton to break up a protest by farmers.
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Rare Skull Of Elephant Ancestor Unveiled In France
A French farmer kept quiet for years after stumbling across the skull of an extinct ancestor of the elephant near the Pyrenees mountains, the Natural History Museum of Toulouse has told AFP.
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Chinese Billionaire Sees Baguette Goldmine In French Fields
In the peaceful French village of Thiel-sur-Acolin, retired farmer Marc Bernardet is ambivalent about having a Chinese billionaire for a neighbour.
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Bird Flu Hits Europe, France Raises Checks to Counter Virus
Several European countries have reported outbreaks of a severe strain of bird flu, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Thursday, while France raised safety checks to counter the virus which can have a major impact on farmers.
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Truckers Block Calais To Demand Closure Of 'Jungle' Migrant Camp
Truckers, dock workers, farmers and merchants plan to block a major highway in northern France to demand the closure of a Calais migrant camp known as the "jungle," as its population surges and tensions rise.
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Angry French Farmers Clash With Police As Macron Attends Paris Agricultural Fair
French President Emmanuel Macron spent the entire day at the annual agricultural fair Saturday, as angry farmers heckled him and scuffled with police.
-
Tractors Roll Into Paris As French Farmers Raise Pressure On Macron
Farmers drove tractors into central Paris on Friday to bring fresh pressure on President Emmanuel Macron, who promised them a meeting to discuss their grievances but then cancelled the event.
-
French Farmers Vow Paris 'Siege' In Pay, Conditions Battle
Farmers' leaders in the Paris region on Saturday promised to mount a "siege" on the French capital next week to pressure the government into meeting their demands on pay, tax and regulations.
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Stuck In "Love Triangle", French Farmer Shoots Dead Lover's Partner
An amorous triangle deep in the French countryside has come to a grisly end, prosecutors said Friday after arresting a man who shot his rival and buried him in a field.
-
Europe's Early Summer Heat Wave: Record Temperatures In 4 Decades
Spain was headed for record June temperatures in four decades on Friday, one area of France banned outdoor events, and drought stalked Italian farmers, as an early summer heat wave sent Western Europeans hunting for shade.
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Burger King France Gave Away Free Potatoes To Customers; The Reason Will Impress You
Burger King again won hearts with a unique initiative to support the famers in France. Burger King France bought extra 200tonne potatoes and distributed among the visitors.
-
Why Giant Oyster, Caught For Food Festival, Was Thrown Back Into Water
Oyster farmers in western France have sacrificed a seafood feast and put a mega-mollusc weighing 1.44 kilogrammes (3.2 pounds) back in the water after naming it "Georgette" in honour of a retiring worker.
-
Climate Change Takes Toll On French Oyster Farmers
Gulping down oysters has long been a favourite New Year's Eve ritual for the French, but as winters get warmer and summers get drier many growers worry there will soon be fewer of the prized mollusks to go around.
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Anger In The Countryside: French Farmers Bristle As Wild Boars Run Amok
Farmers across France are suffering the consequences of an explosion in the wild boar population over the past three decades, venturing off woodland in search of food.
-
"No Grass For Livestock": Century-High Temperature Hits Europe's Farmers
"Our cows have been living off hay cut in June, there isn't any grass," says Jean-Guillaume Hannequin, a farmer in eastern France, who like his counterparts across much of northern Europe is wondering how he will feed his animals this winter.
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Tour de France Restarts After Farmers' Protest
Tour de France stage 16 was briefly halted when police used tear gas near the peloton to break up a protest by farmers.
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Rare Skull Of Elephant Ancestor Unveiled In France
A French farmer kept quiet for years after stumbling across the skull of an extinct ancestor of the elephant near the Pyrenees mountains, the Natural History Museum of Toulouse has told AFP.
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Chinese Billionaire Sees Baguette Goldmine In French Fields
In the peaceful French village of Thiel-sur-Acolin, retired farmer Marc Bernardet is ambivalent about having a Chinese billionaire for a neighbour.
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Bird Flu Hits Europe, France Raises Checks to Counter Virus
Several European countries have reported outbreaks of a severe strain of bird flu, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Thursday, while France raised safety checks to counter the virus which can have a major impact on farmers.
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Truckers Block Calais To Demand Closure Of 'Jungle' Migrant Camp
Truckers, dock workers, farmers and merchants plan to block a major highway in northern France to demand the closure of a Calais migrant camp known as the "jungle," as its population surges and tensions rise.
