French farmers clog highways to protest at 'agri-bashing'

French farmers drive their tractors on the A1 Lille-Paris motorway near Vemars on their way to Paris, protesting against low farm incomes and growing criticism of agricultural practices, France, November 27, 2019. The banners read: "Macron, answer!" REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

PARIS (Reuters) - French farmers angered by government policies that they say threaten their livelihoods drove convoys of tractors into Paris on Wednesday, obstructing commuter traffic and adding to the social unrest facing President Emmanuel Macron.

Up to a thousand tractors rolled into the city from the north and south, at times blocking motorways and the inner ring-road, honking horns and flying the flags of the two main farm unions staging the protest.