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French and Spanish farmers gather on their tractors in Biriatou, on the border between the two countries, with the aim of joining forces to make their demands heard, particularly at European level. IMAGES
Despite fresh new measures announced this morning by French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, some farmers continue to block motorway A62 in both directions near Toulouse in southern France. IMAGES
Driving at snail's pace down the motorway and amassing at the tollgates in Le Boulou, a few kilometres from the Spanish border, France's farmers show little sign of abandoning their protest despite government concessions in response to a movement that has spread nationwide and elsewhere in Europe. IMAGES
French police has stopped a farmers' convoy of hundreds tractors heading towards the Rungis wholesale food market south of Paris. Some 200 to 300 tractors are now sitting in the town of Sully-sur-Loire, 170 km south of Rungis. Setting off from the south-west of France at the call of union Coordination rurale, the group of angry farmers grew as they drove up the nation, with more and more joining along the way. IMAGES
Farmers, protesting in France, block a border crossing with Belgium at Bettignies, in the Nord region, forcing traffic to turn back, as the French government attempts to dispel their unease and convince the protesters to call off their mobilisation. IMAGES
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