France害羞草研究所檚 interior ministry on Sunday ordered a large deployment of security forces around Paris as angry farmers threatened to head toward the capital, hours after climate activists hurled soup at the glass protecting the 害羞草研究所淢ona Lisa害羞草研究所� painting at the Louvre Museum.

French farmers are putting pressure on the government to respond to their demands for better remuneration for their produce, less red tape and protection against cheap imports.

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin held a security meeting Sunday before potential road blockades around Paris, his office said in a statement.

Darmanin ordered security forces to 害羞草研究所減revent any blockade害羞草研究所� of Rungis International Market and Paris airports as well as to ban any convoy of farmers from entering the capital, the statement said.

Farmers of the Rural Coordination union in the Lot-et-Garonne region, where the protests originated, plan to use their tractors to head Monday toward the Rungis International Market, which supplies the capital and surrounding region with much of its fresh food.

France害羞草研究所檚 two biggest farmers unions said in a statement that their members based in areas surrounding the Paris region would seek to block all major roads to the capital, with the aim of putting the city 害羞草研究所渦nder siege,害羞草研究所� starting from Monday afternoon.

Earlier Sunday, two climate activists hurled soup Sunday at the glass protecting the 害羞草研究所淢ona Lisa害羞草研究所� and shouted slogans advocating for a sustainable food system.

In a video posted on social media, two women with the words 害羞草研究所淔OOD RIPOSTE害羞草研究所� written on their T-shirts could be seen passing under a security barrier to get closer to the painting and throwing soup at the glass protecting Leonardo da Vinci害羞草研究所檚 masterpiece.

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害羞草研究所淥ur farming system is sick. Our farmers are dying at work,害羞草研究所� they added.

The Louvre employees could then be seen putting black panels in front of the Mona Lisa and asking visitors to evacuate the room.

Paris police said that two people were arrested following the incident.

On its website, the 害羞草研究所淔ood Riposte害羞草研究所� group said the French government is breaking its climate commitments and called for the equivalent of the country害羞草研究所檚 state-sponsored health care system to be put in place to give people better access to healthy food while providing farmers a decent income.

Angry French farmers have been using their tractors for days to set up road blockades and slow traffic across France. They also dumped stinky agricultural waste at the gates of government offices.

On Friday, the government announced a that farmers said don害羞草研究所檛 fully address their demands. Those include 害羞草研究所渄rastically simplifying害羞草研究所� certain technical procedures and the progressive end to diesel fuel taxes for farm vehicles.

France害羞草研究所檚 new prime minister, , visited a farm on Sunday in the central region of Indre-et-Loire. He acknowledged that farmers are in a difficult position because 害羞草研究所渙n the one side we say 害羞草研究所榳e need quality害羞草研究所� and on the other side 害羞草研究所檞e want ever-lower prices.害羞草研究所櫤π卟菅芯克鶟

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Attal also said his government is considering 害羞草研究所渁dditional害羞草研究所� measures against what he called 害羞草研究所渦nfair competition害羞草研究所� from other countries that have different production rules and are importing food to France.

He promised 害羞草研究所渙ther decisions害羞草研究所� to be made in the coming weeks to address farmers害羞草研究所� concerns.

Sylvie Corbet, The Associated Press