Farmers' protest threatens to block Paris: "The goal - to put pressure on the government" - voila! news. After days of disruption across France, farmers are intensifying their protest as they want to block key access points to the capital.
They are angry about the low wages and the environmental policies, which they claim harm their competition with neighboring countries. The government deployed 15,000 police officers: "We will not allow damage to government buildings" - Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin.