2024-01-26 09:51:42
Operations carried out by farmers continue and strengthen this Friday. Some unions are organizing a blockade of several access points to Paris. The Prime Minister promised to make announcements during the day, they are eagerly awaited by the demonstrators.
Faced with his first serious crisis since his appointment, Gabriel Attal must go to farmers, according to the large agricultural union FNSEA. He will go to Haute-Garonne (south-west), where the first highway blockade began a week ago, to make “concrete proposals for simplification measures”, accompanied by the Minister of Agriculture Marc Fesneau. The evolution of agricultural mobilization will depend on their content.
Le Parisien takes stock of various operations underway in the country.
Ile-de-France
Expecting a 2 p.m. to midnight blockage of major roads around Paris, farmers are already taking action. In Seine-et-Marne, for example, around forty tractors supervised by the police are demonstrating on the Saisons roundabout, at the west exit. In Fontainebleau, a filter dam is set up at the Obélisque roundabout. In Essonne, the N 118 is cut near Saclay, towards Paris.
The A1 motorway, a major axis linking Paris to northern Europe, was closed to traffic in both directions both north of Paris, near Senlis (Oise), and south of Lille this Friday morning, causing significant traffic difficulties. Farmers plan to block the A1 near the Chamant toll (Oise) in both directions between Paris and Lille. The Oise prefecture has authorized the closure of the highway for around forty km until 11:59 p.m. Friday.
This Friday afternoon, the Paris blockade operation must notably target the A1, A13, A15, A13, A10-A11 and A6 motorways. In Yvelines, the Saint-Arnoult toll should be completely blocked from midday.
Hauts-de-France
In the Nord department, in Seclin, near Lille, the A1 is blocked in the direction of Paris. On this interchange where more than 150 tractors entered the A1 at midday on Thursday, traffic is still blocked in both directions.
Blockages are also planned on the A16.
In Oise, the A1 is cut between Chamant and Ressons-sur-Matz due to a demonstration.
Great East
In Moselle, the A31 is blocked near Thionville (Moselle).
On the A35, in Haut-Rhin, near Oberhergheim, a demonstration is underway. Farmers spent the night on the road.
Burgundy-Franche-Comté
A dam on the A36 is being prepared in the Montbéliard-Belfort direction.
New Aquitaine
Near Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), farmers want to block the port. On the outskirts of this same town, the A63 cannot be used in both directions.
A snail operation is organized on the Bordeaux ring road, in Gironde.
In Dordogne, the A89 is cut in several places.
Occitanie
Two major highways in the south of France were closed Friday morning for nearly 400 km on an axis going from the south of Lyon to Spain, in the Occitanie and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions. These are the A7 and the A9 between Chanas (Isère) and Sigean (Aude) at the request of the authorities. “We have never seen this, on such a scale and over such a duration,” a Vinci spokesperson explained to AFP.
In the town of Clermont-l’Hérault, in the department of Hérault, the parking lot of a Leclerc was seriously damaged overnight.
In Carbonne, in Haute-Garonne, a blockade remains on the A64. In the region, disruptions are also underway on the A61 near Villefranche-de-Lauragais (Haute-Garonne), the A20 near Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne) or the N124 with a snail-like operation. The A62 is closed on a 70 km section between Agen (Lot-et-Garonne) and Montauban.
In Gard, in Gallargues-le-Montueux, several trucks transporting foodstuffs from abroad were emptied of their contents.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Several roads are cut in the region such as the A7 between Chanas (Isère) and Montélimar (Drôme). Blockages are also in progress at various locations on the A41, A42, A43, A48, A480, A49, A71.
Normandie
Several roundabouts are the target of operations, particularly in Orne. In this department, an operation with tractors will take place in the direction of Mortagne-au-Perche from Armentières-sur-Avre, which is located at the edge of the district, in Eure.
Brittany
In Finistère, the Iroise bridge remains blocked between Brest and Plougastel.
In Morbihan, the N 165 is disrupted.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
In Bouches-du-Rhône, the A54 is closed between Saint-Martin-de-Crau and Grans. The A51 is closed on a long section between Cadarache (Bouches-du-Rhône) and La Saulce, in the Hautes-Alpes.
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