from Daily Sabah
At least 66 people were arrested on Friday at a farmers' protest on the Champs-Elysees in central Paris that blocked traffic during the morning rush hour, French police said.
Using tractors and bales of hay, farmers briefly brought traffic to a halt on the famed avenue near the Arc de Triomphe monument, only a short distance from President Emmanuel Macron's office, the Elysee.
The protesters, who held up banners on the avenue, said their action was aimed "at saving French agriculture."
Farmers across Europe have been protesting for weeks over what they say are excessively restrictive environmental rules, competition from cheap imports from outside the European Union and low incomes.
Farmer Axel Masson said about 100 of his peers had gathered at the arterial roundabout from 3 a.m. (2 a.m. GMT) "in a peaceful and law-abiding manner."..
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