2024-01-27 21:06:06
The Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, traveling to the farm of a cattle breeder at a place called Saint-Martin, in Montastruc-de-Salies (Haute-Garonne), for an exchange with farmers, January 26, 2024 . VINCENT NGUYEN / RIVA PRESS FOR “THE WORLD”
Blockades were lifted and traffic resumed on Saturday, January 27, on most of the blocked roads and highways, but farmers, far from being all satisfied with the government’s announcements, are wondering about the follow-up to their movement.
FNSEA and JA of the Paris basin announce “a headquarters of the capital” from Monday
Farmers from the FNSEA and Young Farmers (JA) from the greater Paris basin will begin, Monday January 29, a “seat of the capital”announced Saturday evening the two unions, which represent the majority of the profession at the national level.
“From Monday January 29 at 2 p.m. farmers from the departments: Aisne, Aube, Eure, Eure & Loir, Ille-de-France, Marne, Nord, Oise, Pas-de-Calais, Seine & Marne, Seine-Maritime and Somme, members of the FNSEA network and Young Farmers of the Greater Paris Basin begin a siege of the capital for an indefinite period »they write in a press release. “All the heavy roads leading to the capital will be occupied by farmers”they add in the brief text.
Saturday mid-afternoon, the Lot-et-Garonne Rural Coordination announced “go to Paris” from Monday morning for ” to block [le marché de] Rungis ».
Blockages maintained in Gard
The movement remains diffuse, with situations varying locally across France, and farmers divided between those who believe they have obtained satisfaction and others who wish to relaunch the movement after a pause.
In the South, the A9 motorway “has been reopened on most of its route”, announced Vinci Autoroutes in a press release. But it remains cut off in the Gard.
On the side of the A64 motorway at Carbonne (Haute-Garonne), the first farmers’ barrier to have been installed ten days ago, the blockage was completely lifted, and this axis linking Toulouse to Bayonne was reopened at traffic at 3:25 p.m. “We were heard, we got some answers,” even if “everything will not be perfect right away”judged Joël Tournier, one of the spokespersons for the movement in Carbonne, with breeder Jérôme Bayle.
Farmers must lift the last barrier in Bouches-du-Rhône in the evening, the department’s prefect, Christophe Mirmand, told Agence France-Presse (AFP), announcing a series of local discussions on topics like water management or the sector’s needs for foreign labor.
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A white march organized in Ariège
The mobilization was mourned on Tuesday by the accidental death of a farmer and her daughter on a dam in Pamiers (Ariège). On Saturday, several thousand people took part in a white march in this city organized in their memory. “There is a considerable crowd (…) solidarity and emotion have gone beyond Ariège and the world of agriculture”declared Philippe Lacube, president of the Ariège Chamber of Agriculture.
“We must go further”, believes the FNSEA
To try to extinguish the rising revolt in the countryside where many are no longer able to make a living from their profession, the Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, unveiled emergency measures on Friday in Occitania, the cradle of the protest. “We will not let you go”he said.
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He thus acceded to some of the most pressing demands of the demonstrators, with the abandonment of the increase in the tax on non-road diesel (GNR), inflated compensation for breeders affected by MHE cattle disease, heavy sanctions against three agri-food manufacturers not respecting EGalim laws on prices. Measures “are called upon to focus on other subjects”promised the Minister of Agriculture, Marc Fesneau, on Saturday.
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“What was said this evening does not calm the anger, we must go further”, said the president of the FNSEA, Arnaud Rousseau, on Friday. The Peasant Confederation, for its part, wants “continue the mobilization” to get “structural measures”. “People are exasperated by the fact that these are not the announcements we expected”declared Lucie Delbarre, general secretary of the FDSEA of Pas-de-Calais, on Saturday. “We have a state that makes fun of its farmers. We can see clearly, it’s a pressure cooker ready to explode. »
In Narbonne, a building of the Mutualité sociale agricole (MSA) was set on fire Friday afternoon on the sidelines of a farmers’ demonstration, while in Nîmes, a customs office and eight vehicles were burned. .
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