Rallies are organized in Ile-de-France and a blockade of Paris is envisaged if the Prime Minister’s announcements are deemed insufficient. Gabriel Attal must go to Haute-Garonne this Friday afternoon, according to the FNSEA, to specify the first measures.
07:56 – Announcements from Gabriel Attal this afternoon
The Prime Minister must go to Haute-Garonne this Friday afternoon according to the FNSEA. It is during this trip that he should make announcements to respond to the anger of farmers. Among the subjects that should be addressed: taxes on non-road diesel (GNR), a simplification of administrative standards or even negotiations to relax the CAP.
07:50 – Paris, Rungis, Agricultural Show… Blockages envisaged by Rural Coordination
While national unions are considering going to Paris, only if the Prime Minister’s announcements are insufficient, some organizations are thinking broader. In addition to participating in a possible blockade of Paris, the Rural Coordination is thinking of blocking the Rungis market: “Rungis often comes up in our heads, and it has been a very long time,” said Véronique Le Floc’h, president of the guest union. by Apolline Matin on RMC. “The Agricultural Show could also be blocked. We can imagine everything,” she added.
07:44 – A “blockade” of Paris, but no blockade in the capital
This Friday, the FDSEA and the Young Farmers of Ile-de-France are calling for a “Paris blockade” with rallies and blockades on the main roads leading to Paris: the A1, the A6, the A10 -11, the A13 and the A15. On the other hand, the rise of farmers in the capital is not yet anticipated. Operations in Ile-de-France must begin between 2 p.m. and midnight, but mobilizations are already in place in Seine-et-Marne and Essonne.
01/25/24 – 10:34 p.m. – What do farmers want? The list of grievances from the FNSEA and Young Farmers
END OF LIVE – Wednesday evening, the FNSEA and the Young Farmers made public their list of 24 requests in government. Concretely, it is divided into two points: the measures to be taken urgently and the legislative measures to be taken, undoubtedly, at a later stage. Among the emergency measures, many concern remuneration. The following are mentioned in particular:
- absolute compliance with EGAlim laws,
- full compensation for all on non-road diesel,
- the payment of all CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) aid immediately, regardless of the reasons for non-payment,
- the very rapid payment of all health and climate compensation (MHE, Tuberculosis, avian flu, floods, etc.) owed by the State while tax exemption for this same aid,
- immediate aid for the sectors most in crisis: viticulture and organic agriculture,
- the rejection of the Ecophyto plan, which aims to reduce the use of plant protection products.
01/25/24 – 9:41 p.m. – Gabriel Attal in Haute-Garonne Friday afternoon
The Prime Minister is expected to go to Haute-Garonne on Friday afternoon, according to the continuous news channel BFMTV, which reveals that the Minister of Agriculture, Marc Fesneau, and the Minister of Ecological Transition and Cohesion territories, Christophe Béchu, should be at his side. The opportunity undoubtedly for Gabriel Attal to make the first announcements promised since the start of the week.
01/25/24 – 9:18 p.m. – Gérald Darmanin confident that farmers “will respect the rules of the Republic”
While the tone is rising on the ground, some farmers having even started a fire at the foot of the Agen prefecture on Wednesday evening, Gérald Darmanin assured that he had “trust” in the farmers who, according to him, “will respect the rules of the Republic because They are patriots.” The Minister of the Interior, however, warned that in the event that public buildings were targeted, the police would be called upon to intervene. And to compare: “When we shoot with a mortar or a pétanque ball, like the radical ecologists, obviously I involve the police.”
01/25/24 – 8:49 p.m. – “We do not respond to suffering by sending CRS”, believes Gérald Darmanin
On the set of 20 Hours on TF1 this Thursday evening, the Minister of the Interior once again gave his support to farmers. “Do they have the right to make demands? Yes, because they are suffering,” he said. And while Gilles Bouleau tried to push him to his limits, pointing out the violence of certain actions carried out by farmers and the lack of response from the police, Gérald Darmanin preferred to play the compassion card. “Should we let them do it without sending the gendarmes? Yes,” said the man who had defended a completely different point of view last summer during the riots which followed Nahel’s death. “I am used to the legitimate bloodshed of those who suffer. We do not respond to suffering by sending CRS”, added this Thursday evening the first cop in France, believing that he has “great compassion and listens to to have”.
01/25/24 – 8:17 p.m. – FNSEA: “If the emergency measures do not succeed, we will amplify the movement”
Agricultural unions are under tension this Thursday evening according to the president of the FNSEA, Arnaud Rousseau. “Everyone wants the Prime Minister’s announcements tomorrow to be up to the challenges,” he said on BFMTV, adding that “what is certain is that tomorrow evening, on emergency measures , if we don’t succeed, we will amplify the movement.”