Angry French farmers spend the night on motorway blockade | AFP

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Angry French farmers spend the night on motorway blockade | AFP

Farmers block the M7 motorway south of Lyon in southeastern France on Monday and prepared to spend the night at the site, bringing traffic to a standstill. Acting on a call from the Coordination Rurale union, protesters drove about 20 tractors onto both sides of the highway near Pierre-Bénite, fuelling a nationwide backlash over the government’s handling of lumpy skin disease and fears surrounding the proposed Mercosur trade agreement.

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