3 Sep 2015

Unhappy French farmers head for Paris

8:10 pm on 3 September 2015

Hundreds of French farmers are driving tractors into Paris to protest at falling food prices and high taxes.

French farmers head to Paris in protest.

French farmers head to Paris in protest. Photo: AFP

France's largest farming union said it expected more than a thousand vehicles and three thousand farmers to take part.

Some have said they want to head to the parliament building.

The protesters say cheap imported food and high wage costs are driving many food producers to the point of bankruptcy and they need more government help to keep going.