2024 French farmers' protests

[6] Since October of 2023, smaller-scale pacific actions where have been carried out first in Occitania and then in other regions by farmers such as turning upside down municipal signage, this movement is called "On marche sur la tête", literally "we walk on the head" which is a french expression for "it's nonsense".This act was claimed by the Comité Régional d'Action Viticole (CRAV), a radical Occitan group of winemakers.Some Occitan activists from Lot-et-Garonne of the Rural coordination [fr] of Agen (Karine Duc and José Perez) even managed to enter the Rungis market (near Paris) but they were immediately arrested by the police.[28] In November, the movement start again to dissuade the French government from joining the free trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur.[30] Divergences and representation in the French farming community: an analysis of the farmers’ movement of 2024, Parlons Climat