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PARIS: French farmers choked off major motorways around Paris on Monday, threatening to blockade the capital in an...

Farmers are angry about incomes, red tape and environmental policies they say undermine their ability to compete with other countries

Paris: A banner reading ‘Proud to feed you!’ is seen at a road blockage held by farmers on the A4 highway near...

Monday saw the angry demonstrators choke off major motorways around the city and threaten to blockade the French capital in an intensifying standoff with the government.

By using their heavy machinery to block roads in and around major capitals on the continent, farmers in Germany , France and other EU nations have expressed their anger.

Numerous protests have been held in France, the EU’s largest agriculture producing country, by farmers angry about income, red tape and environmental policies.

Riposte Alimentaire (Food counterattack) claimed responsibility for the stunt, which saw two women hurl pumpkin soup at the glass protecting Leonardo da Vincis masterpiece in the Louvre, Paris.

In recent weeks there have been a slew of protests in the European Union’s largest agriculture producing country by farmers.

French farmers choked off major motorways around Paris on Monday, threatening to blockade the capital in an intensifying standoff with the government over working conditions.Armoured police vehicles were deployed to Rungis on Monday after some farmers threatened to "occupy" it.

French farmers choked off major motorways around Paris on Monday, threatening to blockade the capital in an intensifying standoff with the government over working conditions.