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French farmers angry with their government. They are roads around France's capital city of Paris. There are many reasons for the farmers' anger. It is more difficult for them to survive. Inflation in France is because of high energy prices. This is food more expensive for farmers to produce. The war in Ukraine is higher prices, especially for fertilizers. The farmers are also angry because the government is not them from cheaper food from other countries, especially Eastern Europe. Finally, they are furious with European Union climate measures, which are to red tape and the costs of business.

The farmers major highways around Paris. They their tractors on main roads to stop traffic going in and out of the city. They also smelly agricultural waste outside government offices. Farmer Christophe Rossignol the Associated Press news agency: "We've to defend French agriculture. We from crisis to crisis." Another farmer said: "Parisians are going to hungry. The goal is to starve Parisians." A large farmers union said: "Our objective to put pressure on the government so that we can quickly a solution for a way out of the crisis." Some tractors had messages on them that said: "No food without farmers" and "The end of us would famine for you."