🖖 This would make you mad too

Some say that protesting is the national sport of France. They happen frequently I’ll tell you that.

But the most recent one now has global implications.

And for good reason.

The French farmer’s protest.

Farmers have been protesting for months demanding

• better conditions

• better income

• protection from foreign competition.

Tractors blocked highways leading into Paris for two weeks. 

They’ve even crossed Parisian streets spraying manure on government buildings and dumping rotting produce.

Face to face

Since then the French President, Emmanuel Macron, met union leaders and promised plans for the future of farming.

Those farmers want written proof of action. And they’re not taking the “we’ll get to it” brush-off.

Two issues in particular are important to the farmers: