French Government Plans New Measures to End Farmer Protests 🚜

French Government Looks to , Quell Farmer Protests , With New Measures.<br />Al Jazeera reports that French Prime Minister <br />Gabriel Attal will implement controls on foreign food <br />products in an attempt to quell ongoing farmer protests.<br />Al Jazeera reports that French Prime Minister <br />Gabriel Attal will implement controls on foreign food <br />products in an attempt to quell ongoing farmer protests.<br />On January 30, Attal told lawmakers in his general policy speech that, “the goal is clear: guaranteeing fair competition, <br />especially so that regulations that are being applied <br />to farmers are also respected by foreign products.”.<br />According to Attal, the new law is meant to <br />ensure a fair share of revenue for farmers <br />by fining food retailers who fail to comply.<br />We need to listen to the farmers, <br />who are working and are worried <br />about their future and their livelihood, Gabriel Attal, French Prime Minister, via Al Jazeera.<br />The French prime minister said that a coalition <br />of 22 European Union countries had been gathered <br />to agree on a waiver regarding fallow land.<br />We are close to achieving <br />a new extension of the exemption, Gabriel Attal, French Prime Minister, via Al Jazeera.<br />Al Jazeera reports that the farmer protests have <br />taken place for days across France in the hopes of <br />putting pressure on the government to take action.<br />Earlier on January 30, farmers set hay bales on fire <br />and used tractors to block access to Toulouse <br />airport and highways leading to Paris, the capital.<br />In response, the government has promised to <br />ease environmental regulations and abandoned <br />plans to reduce subsidies on agricultural diesel.<br />Similar protests have now spread to Belgian, <br />where farmers blocked roads to protest rising costs,<br />cheap food imports and EU environmental regulations.<br />Meanwhile, farmers in Spain have announced planned <br />protests in February against strict European regulations and <br />an overall lack of support for agriculture by the government