FRANCE’S two major farming unions suspended protests and road blockades today after a new set of measures was announced by Prime Minister Gabriel Attal representing “tangible progress.”

Farmers have held days of nationwide protests against low wages, heavy regulation and unfair competition from abroad.

Young Farmers union president Arnaud Gaillot spoke today alongside the head of FNSEA, France’s biggest farmers’ union, saying: “We call on our members to suspend the blockades.”