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French PM hopes to end agricultural crisis with new raft of measures

France's Prime Minister Gabriel Attal (C), flanked by the mayor of Pirou, Noelle Leforestier (3rdR), French ruling party Rennaissance MP Stephane Travert (2ndR), France's Minister for Agriculture and Food Sovereignty Marc Fesneau (L) and France's Secretary of State for the Sea and Biodiversity Herve Berville (2ndL), in Pirou, north-western France, on 27 April, 2024. AFP - DAMIEN MEYER

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announced on Saturday a new package of 14 measures that he hopes will turn the page on the agricultural crisis, which caused blockades at the start of the year. Major unions welcomed the move but warned they would remain on their guard.

"We are working on concrete measures for our farmers," Gabriel Attal told reporters during a visit to the local seafood market in Pirou, in the northwestern region of La Manche.

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