PARIS, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Over 1,300 farm tractors in six convoys descended on Paris on Thursday, clogging roads as French farmers protested falling food prices and high taxes.
They also arrived, from across France, in over 90 buses and dozens of cars, police said. Some of the tractor convoys took over a week to reach Paris, rolling down highways at 35 kilometers per hour (22 mph). The farmers' protest was organized by the agricultural union FNSEA after months of anger about falling food prices, particularly of meat and milk, which it blames on foreign competition, as well as on retail outlets.