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    Several thousand French farm operators “fire seals” Champs Elysees

　　Protested that the farm price falls suddenly, request government “pulls”

　　The French farm operators light wheat straw and tire in Paris Champs Elysees.

　　Several thousand French farm operators on 16th held the demonstration, protested that the farm price fell suddenly, the request government stretched out aids “saves the French agriculture”, maintained the farm operator benefit. French Minister of Agriculture Bruno Mer said that the government will propose the related aid program, cuts the agricultural taxes and fees. French president Nicolas Sarkozy also promised that government will release “powerfully” action aid agriculture before the end of this month.

　　Farm operators “burning down” Champs

　　The Paris Champs Elysees on 16th afternoon flame wound around. Dozens farm operators light the wheat straw and tire in this famous business street, holds the demonstration, protested that the farm price falls suddenly. Several thousand tractors well up French regional highway snail line of demonstrations with Japan, causes many local traffic to be blocked.

　　The French agriculture labor union organization nation farm operator association alliance estimated that French each region altogether has about 50,000 farm operators, 7000 tractors and 1000 domestic animals joins demonstration “army”.

　　Agence France Presse picture demonstrated that some farm operators cow and pig and other domestic animals pulled the street, spreads the insulting words and expressions and slogan on them. The demonstrators split out the slogan to interrogate Sarkozy: “Should agriculture pay so price (seriously)?”

　　Some farm operators are leading to the French western city Poitiers’s road to pitch up but actually the stone, causes the traffic jam.

　　The demonstrators reach meter-ampere Grey fragrance complained: “Farm suffocates. The people at least must maintain the livelihood.”Another demonstrator law compared to Ann pigeon said that he has gone into debt 230,000 euros, “wheat selling price also production cost 70%. A ton wheat’s production cost is 134 euros, but selling price also less than 100 euros.”

　　The financial crisis sends the agricultural atrophy

　　National farm operator association alliance requests the government to put out 1.4 billion euros, the appearing wholesale aid program, the measure mainly includes the tax cut and provides the loan aid to the management difficult farm.

　　Poitiers Area Farm association president Dominic Mar still said: “Government has released the aid program in view of the bank and automobile industry. We need to plan to save the French agriculture now similarly.”National farm operator association alliance association president Jean Michelle Meitaye appealed that the government launches “emergency rescue service plan”, reduces the tax revenue, and provides 1 billion euros interest-paid loans to the farm operator.

　　France is in European Union 27 member nations the biggest agricultural producer country. The French government provides the data to demonstrate that the French agriculture in 2007 hires the labor force 770,000 people, the output value amounts to 64 billion euros, approaches the European Union total agricultural output value 20%. Because international financial crisis causes the demand to wither, French agriculture at present faced with difficulty. The French nation statistics and economics institute statistical data indicated that the French farm price falls 15 percentage points this year.

　　Sarkozy will appear to help the agricultural action

　　Demonstrates facing the national farm operators, Mer responded, he was drawing up the relevant aid plan, and will urge Sarkozy to cut the agricultural tax. French “Figaro” recently published Sarkozy interview transcription. Sarkozy said that the government will release “powerfully” action aid agriculture before the end of this month.

　　(Xinhua News Agency written)