(Bloomberg) Eric Foucault is driving his hulking green tractor more slowly than he can walk. Shouting into his mobile phone above the cacophony of engines and horns, the farmer from south of Paris is one of 200 others clogging up the highway into the French capital.Most Read from BloombergS&P 500 Rally Hits a Wall in Run-Up to CPI Report: Markets WrapTrump Asks Supreme Court to Keep DC Election Trial on HoldPentagon Chief Austin in Critical Care for Bladder IssueTrump Says There’s ‘No Way’ Ta
It all comes down to money in India, too, something which Modi is watching ahead of elections in spring. Farmer protests paralyzing much of Delhi in 2020 and 2021 forced the Indian premier to repeal agricultural market reforms. During campaigning this year, Modi has repeatedly included farmers as a group needing attention. Not all farmers are convinced.
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HELSINKI Former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb has narrowly won a runoff vote to become Finland s next president, who will steer security policy that includes integrating the new NATO member into the alliance at a time of concern over Russia s invasion of Ukraine.