Farmers occupy a highway near Ableiges, north of Paris, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. Protesting farmers shut down long stretches of some of France's major motorways on Friday, using their tractors to block and slow traffic and squeeze the government ever more tightly to cede to their demands that growing and rearing food should be made easier and more lucrative. Banner reads: no farming, no food. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)