Webthe leaders of two of france 's largest farming unions said saturday that members from the regions around paris will begin an indefinite siege of the capital on. Why are farmers protesting in france? Tractor roadblocks explained as paris steps up security. Farmers in france, the european union’s biggest. Webthe french authorities say 15,000 police have been mobilised to prevent tractors from entering paris and other large cities; Farmers say their aim is to stop food. Weba movable blockade by french farmers protesting inflation and competition from the european union has reached paris. Highways leading in and out of the city are. Webdozens of tractors drove peacefully into paris carrying flags from rural coordination, the farmers’ union that staged the protest. The protesters then posed. Webfrench farmers block roads around paris to protest low food prices. French farmers in tractors on friday moved to blockade major roads into paris as they.