Farmers vow Paris ‘siege’ in pay, conditions battle

Farmers in the Paris region on Saturday promised to mount a "siege" on the French capital next week to pressure the government into meeting their demands on pay, tax and regulations. On Monday afternoon farmers from all the regions around Paris, who belong to the FNSEA farmers' union or the Jeunes Agriculteurs ("Young Farmers") union, "will begin an indefinite siege of the capital," the unions wrote in a press release.