Emmanuel Macron has caved to French farmers after furious protests took place across the country. The farmers took to the streets for weeks, protesting against taxes and regulations. The issues revolved around rising costs, pesticide bans, as well as other regulations that they claimed meant they faced unfair competition from other countries that don’t face the same regulations. In 2018 the price of diesel was one of the sparks for the Yellow Vest protests, with the French government keen for the situation not to escalate in the same way. In the southern region of Occitanie, one group of farm …