MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Over 1,300 tractors flooded the streets of Paris on Thursday as part of a protest by French farmers against declining food prices, local media reported.
According to Le Monde newspaper, thousands of farmers are taking part in the protest, demanding fairer prices and political reforms.
They are calling on the government to extend its aid plan, announced in July, under which 600 million euro ($670 million) has been committed in financial support for the country's agricultural sector, according to the news outlet.
French authorities have acknowledged that Russia’s year-long food embargo on EU-produced food, which was introduced as a response to Western anti-Russia sanctions, has had a negative impact on the French food market.
An emergency EU farming summit is scheduled for Monday.
