French Farmers Block Roads Around Paris Over Low Food Prices, Await PM Speech

PARIS—French farmers blocked one of the main motorways linking Paris with the northern city of Lille and Belgium on Friday, causing lengthy traffic jams as part of nationwide protests over low food prices and excessive bureaucracy. Unions have called for the roadblocks in and around Paris to increase pressure on Prime Minister Gabriel Attal’s government, which the farmers accuse of not doing enough to help them. “We will go right into Paris to highlight our rage, our grievances,” said farmer Matteo Legrand. The Paris region branch of the farmers’ FNSEA union plans to set up 11 roadblocks on the main commuter axes around Paris, including the A6, A10, and A13 highways, according to a planning document seen by Reuters....