Protesting French farmers promised €600m of emergency government help

Thursday, July 23rd 2015 - 08:18 UTC

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Dramatic protests across the north of France have won the country’s farmers €600m of emergency government help. This week thousands of tractors blockaded motorways and brought cities to a standstill, as the plight of producers dominated the nation’s news. Read full article

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Anyone remember the French farmers blocking and attacking the UK lorries years ago...the same greedy farmers, that think the world owes them a living...
They caused half of the UK farmers to either go bust or turn their pastures into seas of bright yellow rape seed...
They should move on and not be subsidised by the rest of Europe...meaning Germany and the UK...
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But no doubt goody goody David will help,

he is a very nice generous man=to others,

shame he shows little interest in the UK.
Jul 23rd, 2015 - 07:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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