Farmers blocking Champs-Elysees in Paris protest

French farmers are blocking Paris' famed Champs-Elysees in a protest against the government's agricultural policy.

Farmers blocking Champs-Elysees in Paris protest

French farmers are blocking Paris' famed Champs-Elysees in a protest against the government's agricultural policy.

Sections of the normally pristine avenue were smothered in straw as about a hundred demonstrators brandished placards such as "Macron is killing farmers" and stopped morning traffic from passing along the busy artery on Friday.

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