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French Government Vows Rapid Aid for Farmers but Blockades Persist
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal promised more aid for French agriculture on Tuesday and vowed to shield it from “unfair competition” in an attempt to appease protesting farmers‚ but many appeared unmoved by his efforts as they blocked major roads around Paris for a second day.
The barricades of tractors and bales of hay caused miles of traffic bottlenecks in the Paris region‚ but protesters have not encircled the city. Neither have they crippled the French capital itself‚ which has experienced...