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Farmers Tear Gassed at Sarkozy's Palace

Angry protesters dump hay to action against falling incomes

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 17, 2009 4:53 AM CST

(Newser) – Hay bales were met with tear gas as French farmers protested outside Nicolas Sarkozy's presidential palace early this morning. Police moved in after the farmers dumped hay outside the palace, forcing the roughly 100 protesters into a side street, AP reports. The aggrieved farmers complain that the government isn't doing enough to help them amid falling food prices.

Police officers scuffle with angry farmers outside the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris.
Police officers scuffle with angry farmers outside the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris.   (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
Farmers dump hay outside the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris early this morning.
Farmers dump hay outside the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris early this morning.   (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
Police officers stand in hay outside the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris.
Police officers stand in hay outside the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris.   (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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DontLikeYou___
Dec 17, 2009 2:31 AM CST
Suffering for a cause will most always advance the cause. Look at Christianity. In America, were there is little persecution, Christianity's numbers stagnate. In China, were they go to jail for meeting privately outside of the framework of the "State" church, their numbers have grown to an estimate 150 million in just 20 years.
DontLikeYou___
Dec 17, 2009 2:30 AM CST
Sarkosy: Let them eat cake.
NxBigmouthery
Dec 17, 2009 1:15 AM CST
So they are protesting the fact that people are paying less for food...popular, I'm sure. And, if they hadn't been gassed...this story would never have appeared here...so, they took their message farther afield by suffering.

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