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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

French farmers drive 350 tractors to Parliament to protest low incomes and EU trade deal

France Farmers Protest - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

French farmers steered some 350 tractors Tuesday over cobblestoned Paris avenues toward Parliament to protest low incomes and an EU trade deal with South America that they fear threatens their livelihoods.

Escorted by police, the tractors tangled rush-hour traffic as they rumbled down the Champs-Elysees and other Paris avenues, and then over the Seine River to reach the National Assembly.

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