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Over time it gets worse and worse Peasant protests in France and Belgium. Attention remains high in Paris, where thousands of tractors are gathering and where a blockade of highway access and the Rungis food market is expected. Hundreds of French farmers began blocking Paris streets in the early afternoon. In Belgium, the Association of Young Belgian Farmers (FJA) has announced that “in the next few days” a Total blockade of Brussels.
Farmers in several EU countries are putting pressure on their governments to meet their demands for better compensation for their products, less bureaucracy and protection from cheap imports.
Protest in France For several days, French farmers imposed blockades on several roads and highways and in the port of Calais. The Fnsea association has announced that the siege of Paris will continue for a long time
at least five days, while the government has deployed not only large police forces, but also the army with armored vehicles and helicopters. “Roissy-Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports are also under siege.” Eight checkpoints are planned on the main highways. Currently, several dozen tractors have passed the Saint-Arnoult toll booth in Yvelines: a symbolic toll because it represents a gateway to the Ile-de-France. The farmers are making their way to Paris with the intention of blocking it
Rungis International Market, is just 8 kilometers south of the French capital, where the Gendarmerie's armored vehicles are waiting. This market of national interest in Val-de-Marne is an important place for food exchange.
Belgian farmers block the roads The protest has now crossed the French borders and spread there too
French-speaking area of Belgium using the same methods. Dozens of tractors paralyzed traffic at the Daussoulux junction, where the main arteries E411, connecting Brussels with Luxembourg, and the E42 towards France and Germany intersect. The young farmers are threatening a total blockade of Brussels “in the next few days”, they are “determined” to intensify the demonstrations and are not ruling out blocking large distribution centers. The national media reported on it.” In recent days, Belgian farmers had already expressed their willingness to mobilize with tractors in Brussels on Thursday February 1, coinciding with the extraordinary summit of EU heads of state and government.