France: A Region Rebels
November 19, 2013Advertisement
The town of Carhaix-Plouguer sparked the protest against a planned eco-tax, to be levied on heavy trucks carrying goods on public roads. After demonstrations spread throughout the country, the tax was put on hold. Then farmers from Carhaix-Plouguer began smashing eggs in public to protest low prices and new EU norms on hen houses. The Bretons blame the demise of farming and the economy as a whole on the government of President François Hollande.