1.   French farmers are in revolt over cheap imports.

2.   Officials report that French farmers mixed far larger quantities of bone meal into cattle food than previously admitted.

3.   French farmers have called for a ban on imports.

4.   French farmers have hijacked a lorry and destroyed its load of strawberries bound for Britain.

5.   French farmers habitually use metal spikes laid across the road to harrass lorry drivers carrying food imports.

6.   The unspoken allegation against Mr Delors is that he sabotaged the talks because of his support for French farmers who oppose any reduction in EC agriculture subsidies.

7.   Protests by French farmers against low-cost imports of foreign meat have become increasingly violent.

8.   Already, French farmers are fighting back.

9.   As if to demonstrate the point, French farmers blocked two ports on the English Channel on Friday so that ferries from England could not disgorge their passengers.