French farmers began blockading motorways around Paris on Monday in the latest stage of their escalating week-long protest for better pay and working conditions. The police had to be mobilized, including with armoured vehicles, to prevent a standstill in the capital and a blockade of two Paris airports as well as a wholesale market. Major highways in other parts of the country were also blockaded. “Our demise will mean your hunger” and “I love my job, but I want to be able to live off it” were among the slogans written on banners. President Emmanuel Macron discussed the situation with some of …