Several hundred French breeders brought sheep to graze near the Eiffel Tower on Thursday to protest what they say is insufficient aid to help revive a sector endangered by surging costs and low selling prices.
Sheep farmers say a 250-million-euro (211 million pounds) government plan unveiled on Wednesday to boost falling farm income, including 50 million euros for sheep breeders, did not go far enough.
"It’s a first step, but it doesn’t meet our needs," Serge Preveraud, president of French sheep breeders union FNO, told Reuters above the peal of mountain bells.
