A hundred farmers arrested in France, the EU lets go. The European Commission has “responded to France’s requests” concerning the relaxation of fallow obligations and the limitation of Ukrainian agricultural imports.
“Our end will be your hunger”, can we read on a tractor in Chilly-Mazarin, in the Paris suburbs, on January 31, 2024. French cereal producers want to see customs duties reinstated beyond a quota of imports from Ukraine. These are the first arrests since Monday, where 79 people were arrested.