French farmers block roads from Spain, Germany

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http://www.france24.com/en/20150727-french-farmers-block-roads-spain-germany-protest



French farmers have blocked roads from Spain and Germany to stop foreign products entering the country, in the latest protest against a fall in food prices that has brought them to the brink of bankruptcy.

French farmers block roads from Spain, Germany
Latest update : 2015-07-27

Farmers in the northeastern Alsace region used tractors to obstruct six routes from Germany in a bid to stop trucks crossing the Rhine carrying agricultural goods, in a blockage that is expected to last until at least Monday afternoon.

"We let the cars and everything that comes from France pass," Franck Sander, president of the local branch of the powerful FDSEA union told AFP, adding that more than a thousand agricultural workers were taking part in the roadblocks.

A dozen trucks have been forced to turn back at the border since the blockage started at around 10:00 pm (2000 GMT) on Sunday night, according to a union official.

Meanwhile, around 100 farmers ransacked dozens of trucks from Spain on a highway in the southwestern Haute-Garonne region, threatening to unload any meat or fruit destined for the French market.