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The 60th Agricultural Show opens to the public in Paris with nearly an hour and a half delay due to the incursion of farmers protesting against French President Emmanuel Macron. The pavilion invaded by the protesters, where clashes with police forces occurred, remains closed for the time being. IMAGES
French Ecology Minister Christophe Bechu and Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau are booed and hissed at at the Paris international Agricultural Show by around twenty people shouting "Fesneau resign" and holding up signs reading "Come back down to earth", as the two ministers are forced to leave the stand of Ademe, the French Environment and Energy Management Agency. IMAGES
French farmers block traffic around Paris's famed Arc de Triomphe monument with tractors and bales of hay. IMAGES
French far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen tours the Paris International Agricultural Show, taking selfies and sampling the produce on display. A few cries of "Marine Présidente" ("Marine President") punctuated her visit. IMAGES
With a glass of milk in hand, French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal visits the Paris International Agricultural Show, in a calm that contrasts with the tumult that accompanied its inauguration on Saturday by President Emmanuel Macron. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron strokes "Oreillette", the Normandy cow that was the mascot of the 60th Paris Agriculture Show, while around a hundred farmers, both angered by his presence and demanding concrete action to improve their working conditions, booed and hissed at the Head of State. IMAGES
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