With 'siege' of Paris, French farmers vent anger at red tape, rising costs

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French farmers are blockading key motorways around Paris for a second consecutive day this Tuesday. They are determined to show that they can hold out for several days if new measures due to be announced by the French government continue to disappoint. So what are the underlying reasons for their anger? FRANCE 24's Gaëlle Fonseca and Clovis Casali met farmers in the French countryside and went to the French agriculture ministry. They also travelled to Brussels, where the EU's Common Agricultural Policy is facing more and more criticism.