"European Farmers Stage Protests, Blockades in Response to Government Measures"
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has announced new measures to address farmers' protests, including controls on foreign food products to ensure fair competition, fines for non-compliant food retailers, and a coalition of EU countries to agree on an EU waiver on fallow land. Protesting farmers have encircled Paris with traffic-snarling barricades, prompting the government to deploy 15,000 police officers to stop any effort to enter the capital. The protests have also spread to Belgium, with farmers blocking roads in protest against rising costs, cheap food imports, and EU environmental policies.
