Insights and Stories on France

Explainer: Why are French farmers protesting?

Jan. 24, 2024 at 2:11 pm CST

French farmers are blocking roads across the country to demand government action to address numerous grievances, as protests in the European Union's agricultural sector spread. Here are some of the issues that have prompted the growing protest movement and how the government could respond.

One dead, two injured as French farmer protests spread

Jan. 23, 2024 at 2:47 pm CST

By Reuters

France’s farmer lobby turns up heat on government before talks

Jan. 22, 2024 at 10:28 am CST

By Nicolas Delame Reuters Tassilo Hummel

France could face nationwide farmer protests as anger mounts

Jan. 19, 2024 at 10:15 am CST

By Reuters

Sweden reports bird flu outbreak as disease spreads

Jan. 9, 2024 at 10:14 am CST

By Reuters

France passes law to protect farmers against neighbours’ complaints over noise and smells

Dec. 5, 2023 at 9:04 am CST

The country has a history of conflicts between former city dwellers buying country houses and then complaining about roosters crowing, dogs barking, the noise of agricultural machinery or the smell of manure.

By Geert De Clercq Reuters

French foie gras makers toast rising output after bird flu gloom

Oct. 19, 2023 at 7:22 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — French foie gras output is set to rise for the first time in five years in 2023 as France starts vaccinating ducks against bird flu that has destroyed flocks in recent years, but trade bans that followed will weigh on exports, producers said on Thursday. France […]

By Sybille De La Hamaide

Canada puts temporary ban on France’s poultry, eggs

Oct. 1, 2023 at 10:45 am CDT

Imports of live birds and unprocessed poultry and eggs from France are barred from Canada effective Sunday (Oct. 1), pending a risk assessment of France’s duck vaccination program for avian flu. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced the temporary ban Tuesday, following France’s move to require mandatory vaccination against […]

By Dave Bedard

French court bans sale of two Touchdown glyphosates

May. 16, 2023 at 1:01 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — A French court has banned the sale of two glyphosate-based herbicides produced by Swiss chemical group Syngenta because of a lack of analysis on the chemical’s potential harm to some wildlife. “The decision on Sept. 30, 2020 by French health security agency ANSES to renew the […]

By Reuters

France confirms S-metolachlor herbicide ban with 18-month deadline

Apr. 21, 2023 at 9:37 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — France will proceed with a ban on major crop uses of herbicide S-metolachlor owing to concerns over water pollution, with farmers able to use the product for another 18 months, the agriculture ministry said on Friday. The decision follows a ruling in February by health and […]

By Reuters

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