With agricultural production threatened in the EU, tractors take to the streets of Paris, France, in protests

Wednesday (08) started differently in the streets of the French capital Paris. Hundreds of tractors took to the city's streets in protest as European Union farmers see agricultural production threatened by a recent pesticide ban and other regulations in recent weeks. Farm vehicles carried phrases such as "Macron is liquidating agriculture", "Save your farmer", "French agriculture = environmentally responsible" and others. Sugar beet growers in the EU were allowed to use an insecticide, but the decision was dropped last month following a court ruling. Now, the concern is a decline in the area planted by the crop, which makes the block one of the largest sugar producers. There are even fears of closing sugar factories, according to the Reuters news agency. "Our means of production continue to be hampered by bans without solutions," Jerome Despey, secretary general of the FNSEA, France's main agricultural union, told the news agency Jerome Despey, who expected 500 tractors on the ...