A ‘cheese battle’ broke out atFranceThe top agricultural exhibition on Sunday night led to 15 arrests following a violent conflict where exhibitors and attendees used heavy cheeseboards as makeshift weapons.
The intense violence at the renowned Salon d’Agriculture primarily included young men, some of whom were wearing chef’s aprons.
Law enforcement and paramilitary personnel were among the injured in the fight.
An officer on site stated, “The conflict began approximately at 6:30 pm in Hall 4 of the exhibition.”
It appeared to involve stall holders and visitors. Fifteen of those involved are in custody, and some are receiving treatment for minor injuries. Police and gendarmes who attempted to intervene were also reported.
A video uploaded online and aired by BFM, a continuous news television channel, depicts a group engaged in a fight near a nougat cart.
Fists and kicks were traded, while others employed kitchen tools to strike individuals on the head.
At a certain moment, a knife utilized for slicing nougat was raised, then subsequently thrown away.
A different attendee at the Salon remarked, “Individuals were quite rowdy. It’s possible they had been consuming alcohol all day—something that is quite typical at the event.”
The leader of France, Emmanuel Macron, is one of the individuals who frequently attends the Salon d’Agriculture, an event that takes place annually at an exhibition venue located at Porte de Versailles, in the western part of Paris.
Spacious showrooms display top French cuisine and wine, as well as over 4,000 farm animals, tractors, and additional agricultural machinery.
The goal is to turn the area into “the largest farm in France,” as stated by the organizers.
Approximately 600,000 individuals participate annually, with usually more than 1,000 vendors present.
French politicians view this event, which is aired globally, as a performance, aiming to attract voters in a country with a long history of farming.
President Macron currently holds the record for the longest time a president has spent at the Salon, with a complete 13-hour session in 2024.
He mentioned he was interested in meeting “anyone willing to engage in a discussion.”
For years, farmers have staged demonstrations due to low income, growing administrative hurdles, the introduction of environmental rules, and their perception of unjust competition from other countries.
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