Farmers protest in France
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The decision comes a day after the French government offered over 400 million euros in various measures meant to answer their grievances
On major highways around the French capital, protesters took down tents, cleaned up the road and set fire to straw bales that they were using as barricades
Convoys of tractors were leaving the sites in a peaceful and orderly manner amid a large police deployment meant to ensure the security of operations
On Thursday, PM Gabriel Attal, whose earlier promises to address farmers` issues had failed to quell the French protests, announced a new set of measures
French President Emmanuel Macron said that the French government`s latest pledges to farmers meant that he had heard their concerns
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