Farmers begin removing roadblocks as government bids to resolve grievances

Farmers prepare to lift a blockade in Les Ulis, south of Paris (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

French farmers were gradually lifting their roadblocks around Paris and elsewhere in the country on Friday, a day after the French government offered more than 400 million euros (£341 million) in various measures meant to answer their grievances.

The farmers are unhappy over low earnings, heavy regulation and unfair competition from abroad.