Angry farmers from across France drove their tractors into the heart of the French capital Wednesday morning to denounce "constraints" on their profession – notably a ban on the use of neonicotinoid insecticides to grow sugar beets.
Thousands of protesters joined the colourful procession that passed by the Invalides war memorial – not far from the Agriculture Ministry – before heading for Porte de Versailles, in the south of Paris, where the International Agricultural Show will be held in less than a month.
