PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday faced heckles and whistles from French farmers angry with reforms to their sector, as he arrived for France's annual agricultural fair. A French poultry farmer gave President Emmanuel Macron a hen as a giftFor over 12 hours, Macron listened and responded to critics' rebukes and questions -- only to return home to the Elysee Palace with an adopted hen. Macron was seeking to appease farmers who believe they have no alternative to the widely-used pesticide -- which environmental activists say probably causes cancer. Meanwhile, Macron was under pressure over a plan to allow the wolf population in the French countryside to grow, if only marginally. And he called on farmers to accept a decision on minimum price rules for European farmers -- "or else the market will decide for us".

Source: Bangkok Post February 25, 2018 01:41 UTC