French farmers' tractor protest inches closer to Paris

Farmers drive their tractors during a protest called by local branches of major farmer unions FNSEA and Jeunes Agriculteurs, blocking the A35 highway with tractors near Strasbourg, eastern France, on January 30, 2024.

The nationwide protests called by several farmers unions are over pay, tax and regulations.

French farmers rest by a fire as they block a highway with their tractors during a protest over taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, in Longvilliers, near Paris on January 30, 2024.

French farmers stand next to a fire as they settle to a new place to block the road, to get closer to Rungis wholesale food market, during a protest on the A6 highway near Chilly-Mazarin, south of Paris, on January 30, 2024.

A farmer stands atop a tractor to take a picture during a protest called by local branches of major farmer unions FNSEA and Jeunes Agriculteurs, blocking the A35 highway with tractors near Strasbourg, eastern France, on January 30.

Farmers stand next to a tractor displaying the slogan "our end, your hunger" during a protest called by local branches of major farmer unions FNSEA and Jeunes Agriculteurs, blocking the A35 highway with tractors near Strasbourg.

A banner reading "Let's fight for our means of production" hangs from a tractor as farmers take part in a roadblock protest on the A6 highway near Lisses, south of Paris, on January 30, 2024.

French farmers create a human chain to move boxes of food as they settle to a new place to block the road to get closer to Rungis wholesale food market during a protest on the A6 highway near Chilly-Mazarin, south of Paris.