French President Emmanuel Macron arrived at the Paris Agricultural Salon on Saturday morning amid a tense atmosphere and dozens of protesters They forced entry through a door AFP journalists confirmed that they arrived at the venue earlier than planned.
The French head of state arrived at the hall around 8 a.m Meet with unions of farmers. At the same time, protesters, some with whistles, rushed to the main entrance where Clashes with security personnel.
Activists from the FNSEA, Jeunes agriculteurs and Coordination Rurale unions violently broke through a fence and entered the site, AFP journalists observed.
we produced Clashes between security forces and demonstrators which bore the distinctive signs of the three unions, just as the President began to speak to the union leaders who were nearby. Members of the security forces were on duty in the exhibition halls.
On Friday Emmanuel Macron a great debate cancelled which he planned to hold on Saturday at the Agricultural Hall, but offered to meet with agricultural unions before the official opening.
On Friday, farmers demonstrated in front of the agricultural hall, some passed by the LCamped at night. During the day, the capital had hosted another procession of tractors, which parked for several hours in the heart of Paris behind the Invalides monument.
The French government has been trying for a month respond to farmers who demonstrate that they achieve better income and fewer administrative and environmental barriers at the expense of concessions on pesticides.