“Farmers set fires and attack barriers near EU summit as anger spreads”
February 6, 2024
“Farmers threw eggs and stones at the European Parliament on Thursday, starting fires near the building and setting off fireworks amid protests to press a summit of European Union leaders to do more to help them with taxes and rising costs.
Small groups tried to tear down the barriers erected in front of parliament – a few blocks from where the summit was taking place – but police fired tear gas and sprayed water at the farmers with hoses to push them back…”
France is playing with fire. If food production stops the French leadership is off to the guillotines. The people will side with the farmers. They create the food after all. It’s like they’re begging to be overthrown.