French farmers have taken to the streets of France to protest against the low prices they are receiving for their produce.
It comes after farmers hosted several other protests in 2015.
A roadblock of tractors was set up on the RN12 motorway between Rennes and Brest in the northwest of the country last week.
The farmers also lit tyres in protest and are demanding more financial help.
French farmer union the FDSEA organised the protest which saw around 100 farmers out in protest.
In 2015, the French minister for agriculture, Stephane Le Foll said that 23,000 French farmers face bankruptcy and his government then introduced a €600m aid package.
Earlier this year protesting farmers sent live pigs running around supermarkets; dumped slurry outside supermarket doors and set pyres of tyres on fire.
According to reports from The Local protests are also happening in parts of France again today (January 25).
Photos of the protest soon began to surface on Twitter:
Jean-Sebastien Evrard, a photographer with AFP Press, tweeted these photos of the protest, after the farmers had set the bales on fire.
https://twitter.com/JSEvrard/status/691518917987176449
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The FNSEA and FDSEA (National and Departmental farmers’ unions in France), were both tweeting about the protest.
The FNSEA tweet this photo with the caption “Mmes & Mrs les élus, quand allez-vous vous décider à sauver la Ferme France & ses paysans qui nourrissent le monde?”.
Translated it reads “Those elected, when will you decide to save the French farm and its farmers who feed the world?”.
Mmes & Mrs les élus, quand allez-vous vous décider à sauver la Ferme France & ses paysans qui nourrissent le monde ? pic.twitter.com/MbyD2qjx6D
— La FNSEA (@FNSEA) January 21, 2016
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This video from Russia Today also made an appearance on Twitter. It shows police officers with shields moving around the protest site.
French farmers block highway in falling food prices protest (VIDEO) https://t.co/iTw4Qh81Ae pic.twitter.com/yFpcUy7Qhz
— RT (@RT_com) January 22, 2016
The Press Association’s photo account on Twitter also published these great images of the protest.
French Farmers protest block the RN12 road near Guingamp, western France https://t.co/TsKTqHkBjr #News pic.twitter.com/coZfCkohSg
— Alamy Editorial (@Alamy_Editorial) January 22, 2016
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The farmers have taken to western France today (January 25) and have blocked roads there and set more tyres on fire.
This AFP photo was tweeted off the BHIVE Paris account earlier today.
https://twitter.com/Parisblogger12/status/691608403538546693
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