Hundreds of farmers drive tractors through Paris to protest pesticide ban

Entering Paris through a southern gateway, the farmers’ convoy rolled to the gold-domed Invalides monument, site of Napoleon’s tomb

Hundreds of farmers drove their tractors through Paris on Wednesday to amplify their demand to be allowed to use banned pesticides on sugar beets and other crops to ensure “food sovereignty” for France.

The farmers were protesting what the national farming union FNSEA claims will be the disappearance of French farmers who are competing with cheaper imported products and facing multiple other challenges. The European Union’s executive commission wants to ensure that at least 25 per cent of agricultural land across the 27-nation bloc is reserved for organic farming, compared to 8 per cent in 2020.

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