Europe 1 with AFP 4:00 a.m., February 1, 2024
The farmers are still awaiting satisfactory responses to their demands this Thursday. The blockages are still not lifted, and the mobilization is not weakening. Several dozen farmers managed to enter Rungis on Wednesday evening and were arrested. Follow the evolution of the situation live.
The mobilization of angry farmers is not weakening in the country. During the day on Wednesday, 15 farmers were taken into custody for "obstructing freedom of movement" before being released a few hours later. At the start of the evening, 79 people, who had managed to enter the Rungis market on foot, were arrested and then placed in police custody. The Paris police chief, Laurent Nuñez, reported a total of 91 arrests.
For its part, the European Commission proposed measures on imports and fallow land to try to calm the anger, in vain. Follow the evolution of the situation live.