( ) -q-28- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “and his government.” French farmers are staging protests across the country and in Brussels. [CutID: <Cuts> FRANCE-FARMERS-house-q-WEDam.mp3 Time: 28s Title: FRANCE-FARMERS-house-q-WEDam Out-cue: and his government] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Roadblocks are spreading in many French regions, one day after a farmer and her daughter died due to […]
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Protesting farmers block roads across France
( ) -q-28- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “and his government.”
French farmers are staging protests across the country and in Brussels.
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Time: 28s
Title: FRANCE-FARMERS-house-q-WEDam
Out-cue: and his government]
TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Roadblocks are spreading in many French regions, one day after a farmer and her daughter died due to a traffic collision at a protest barricade.
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VERBATIM: The farmers are protesting low wages and what they consider to be excessive regulation, mounting costs and other problems. Some farmers are protesting in Brussels, home to EU headquarters, where French farmers’ union Rural Coordination has called for a demonstration against the “ever-increasing constraints of European regulations and ever-lower incomes.” The protests are the first major challenge for newly appointed Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and his government.