French farmers protest against reforms to the Common Agricultural Policy by herding a flock of sheep through the Louvre.

Reuters report that they were objecting to the effects of the industrialisation of agriculture, saying they feared for farmers' jobs.

"What we can see today is a desire on the part of the agricultural ministry to impose a marginalising policy which will get rid of farmers so we came here to say we don't belong to a museum and that our place is in the countryside, where we can revitalise the countryside, create jobs and develop quality produce, that's why we came here today," said a spokesman.