The Hound notes that this year’s event saw French farmers protesting their government’s decision to cut aid; they blocked and interrupted the 16th stage of the famous cycle race in late July. The protesting farmers got 200 sheep, tractors, and bales of hay to block the road and the race. If you think that was bad – when the protest was just about the French government’s ‘apathy’ to farming – imagine how cranky these Froggy farmers would get if NZ’s agricultural products gained access to the highly regulated markets of the EU.
