Angry farmers laying siege to Paris say they're inspired by Jeremy Clarkson's Amazon farming show and 'everything he says in Clarkson's Farm is why we are here today'

The angry farmers who are laying siege to Paris have said they are inspired by Jeremy Clarkson's Amazon farming show. The show, Clarkson's Farm, follows the former Top Gear presenter as he tries to navigate running a farm in the Cotswolds as 'Britain’s most unlikely farmer' French riot police prevented a tractor convoy blockading the largest fresh food market in Europe today as militant farmers attempted to ‘starve Paris’ They aimed to surround Rungis, to the south of the capital, in the early hours of Tuesday morning Farmers rest by a fire as they are blocking the A4 highway near Jossigny, east of Paris, early on January 30, 2024 This would have caused chaos to the city’s food supply, which can last for three days before crisis shortages are announced. Walloon Minister for Environment, Nature, Animal Welfare and Rural renovation Celine Tellier flees from the scene of a farmers protest at the Daussoulx interchange A mannequin in the effigy of French President Emmanuel Macron hangs next to tractors during a road blockage of the A6 highway near Villabe Farmers block a highway on January 29, 2024 in Argenteuil, north of Paris Protestors use their tractors to block traffic in central Hamburg, on January 29, 2024 Dozens of tractor behind some marquees to spend the night on the A-15 motorway at Argenteuil, north of Paris Farmers take part in the blockade of the M7 motorway in Pierre-Benite, near Lyon, central-eastern France Another target was the Rungis International Market - nicknamed the 'belly of Paris' - which serves the majority of the capital's restaurants, cafés and supermarkets. People walk next to tractors on the A1 highway during a protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation A mannequin in the effigy of French President Emmanuel Macron hangs next to tractors during a road blockage of the A6 highway near Villabe, south of Paris An effigy hangs from a bridge as people gather at a blockade point on the A4 highway at Jossigny, near Paris Interior Minster Gérald Darmanin confirmed that a security operation was designed 'to prevent any blockage of Rungis and the airport' 'It is an act which, in the end, mainly penalises Parisians,' he said. Farmer leaders said the government's responses so far were insufficient A grain farmer looks on as French farmers block a highway with their tractors during a protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation A farmer stands at a barbecue as he blocks a highway, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024 in Argenteuil, north of Paris They also unfurled a banner in support of the farmers before being escorted away by police.