French farmers block the A64 highway with their tractors to protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, in Carbonne, south of Toulouse, France January 26, 2024. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
PARIS (Reuters) -French farmers maintained nationwide protests on Saturday and kept their threat of roadblocks around Paris, arguing government measures to quell the demonstrations did not go far enough to meet their demands for better pay and living conditions.
On Friday, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal's government dropped plans to gradually reduce state subsidies on agricultural diesel, and announced other steps aimed at reducing the financial and administrative pressures faced by many farmers.
