French police arrested about 20 farmers on Wednesday as convoys of tractors edged closer to Paris, Lyon and other key locations, with many ignoring police warnings over the scope of their action.
Amid mounting calls for higher incomes, less red tape and protection from foreign competition, there are huge expectations among farmers, said Arnaud Rousseau, head of France's largest agricultural union the FNSEA. But he added that not all of the demands could be immediately answered so I'm trying to call for calm and reasonableness.
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