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- A group of protesting farmers blocked access roads to the port of Bordeaux on Thursday, increasing agricultural tensions in Europe’s largest crop-producing country.
- Farmers expressed discontent over what they call unfair competition from foreign producers not facing the same regulations, according to labor representative Jose Perez.
- Coordination Rurale representative Karine Duc criticized port authorities for importing non-European standard grain, heightening concerns for French farmers.
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Angry farmers block access to Bordeaux port to up pressure on French government
PARIS (Reuters) - A group of protesting farmers on Thursday sought to block operations at the port of Bordeaux in southwestern France, as a new bout of agricultural anger intensified in Europe's largest crop-producing country. Read full story
November 21 marks the fourth day of mobilization at the call of the main farmers' unions. Since the evening of November 20, the commercial port of Bordeaux, in Bassens, has been blocked by dozens of tractors from Coordination Rurale 47. They denounce the Mercosur agreements for the liberalization of markets from southern countries.
French farmers block Bordeaux Port to protest proposed EU-Mercosur trade deal
Farmers' unions warn of similar actions in various locations, more protests around state institutions and government buildings from Nov. 25, as French premier calls for parliamentary debate on trade deal - Anadolu Ajansı
France: Farmers block the port of Bordeaux, the government promises to act
Bordeaux (France) – French farmers in anger maintained their blockade of the port of Bordeaux on Thursday, as the Agriculture Minister promised to tackle the problem of banned pesticides. The troops of the Coordination Rurale union dumped mountains of earth and waste. The prefecture counted 50 tractors and 150 people. The port authorities expressed their “incomprehension”: “Bordeaux is a cereal export port serving the regional agricultural secto…
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