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Government pledges more aid for farmers after Paris tractor protest

Prime minister Manuel Valls promises up to €3 billion to help agriculture invest in modernizing production over next three years.

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The French government pledged to increase aid for agriculture on Thursday, after thousands of farmers converged on Paris and blocked the city’s streets with more than 1,500 tractors to protest against high costs and low prices, reports The Wall Street Journal.

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