Le hangover! French farmers wake up in their tractors after feasting on wine and sausages overnight... as they prepare for second day of protest 'siege' intended to 'starve Paris'

French farmers started their tractors this morning for another day of protests, saying they would 'stave Paris' after triumphantly feasting on wine and sausages overnight. A farmer lies in a pile of hay after spending the night at a highway barricade in Aix-en-Provence, southern France, on January 30 Farmers have lunch on the A20 highway near Saint-Maur, on January 30 Protesting farmers blocking the A10 motorway mingle with food at their makeshift camp Boxes of wine and barbecue food are seen in the farmer's make-shift Paris camp Protesting farmers block the A10 motorway with tractors during a protest against taxation and declining income near Longvilliers, south of Paris, France, on January 29, 2024 French farmers block a highway with their tractors during a protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, in Longvilliers, near Paris, France, on January 30 Their first target of the day was the Rungis International Market, the largest fresh food market in Europe, situated south of the capital. Monday saw the angry demonstrators choke off major motorways around the city and threaten to blockade the French capital in an intensifying standoff with the government over working conditions, incomes, red tape and environmental policies Demonstrators were allowed to spend the night under motorway bridges, where they set fire to bales of hay and any foreign produce they could get their hands on, while some were pictured sleeping in their tractors French farmers started their tractors this morning for another day of protests, saying they would 'stave Paris' after triumphantly feasting on wine and sausages overnight French farmers spend the night on the A4 highway, and mingle underneath an effigy hanging from the overpass above, on January 29 Farmers keep warm near a fire as they continue blocking the A4 highway near Jossigny, east of Paris, early on January 30 A pair of farmers are seen early Tuesday morning after spending the night in the blockade A protesting farmer barbecues sausages at the farmer's camp overnight Protesting farmers grill sausages on a barbecue on the A10 motorway near Paris French farmers drive their tractors into the Paris region on the A16 motorway near Chamblis, on January 30 Farmers gather as they block with their tractors the A4 highway near Jossigny, east of Paris on January 30 Tractors are lined up during a blockade by farmers on the A4 highway to protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances that are shared by farmers across Europe, in Jossigny, near Paris, France, on January 30 Farmers gather as they block with their tractors the A4 highway near Jossigny, east of Paris on January 30 In response, the government has ordered the deployment of 15,000 police and gendarmes, but are as of yet unwilling to stop the protests outright. French farmers of the CR47 union block the A16 highway near Beauvais, on January 30 French farmers block a highway with their tractors, hay bales and tents, during a protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, in Longvilliers, near Paris, France, January 30 Farmers block with their tractors the A4 highway near Jossigny, east of Paris on January 3 Farmers coming from eastern France with a tractor displaying a message which reads as "Produce or Die, block the A4 highway near Jossigny, east of Paris on January 30 French farmers of the CR47 union, including one with a banner reading "No country without a farmer", arrive at the toll station of Ablainville on the A16 highway, on January 3 Farmers block with their tractors the A4 highway near Jossigny, east of Paris on January 30 French farmers of the CR47 union arrive at the toll station of Ablainville on the A16 highway, on January 30 Farmers roll down a motorway east of Paris as they continue to blockade the city Wood is stacked on the road during the blockade by farmers on Paris's A4 highway, to protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation - grievances that are shared by farmers across Europe, on January 30 French farmers drive tractors to take part in road block protests on the A6 highway near Ormoy, south of Paris, on January 29 'The prime minister has given us nibbles, and now we'd like him to work a bit harder and give us more,' said Arnaud Lepoil, a member of the leading union FNSEA. Protesting farmers block the A10 motorway with tractors during a protest against taxation and declining income near Longvilliers, south of Paris, France on January 29 Farmers also disrupted traffic close to the Dutch border on the E19 highway on Tuesday morning, with a tractor convoy heading towards the port city of Antwerp, state broadcaster RTBF said.