Less than a year after the demonstrations by the agricultural world which led the government to take measures, the demands remain the same: against the Mercosur free trade agreement and for fairer remuneration for farmers. In this episode of L’actu à La Loupe, Agnès Laurent, senior reporter at L’Express, deciphers the issues hidden behind this new uprising in the countryside.
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The team: Charlotte Baris (presentation, writing), Jules Krot (editing and direction)
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Charlotte Baris: Throughout France, tractors blocking the roads, bales of hay on fire, manure dumped in front of the prefectures… These images do not date from last January but from a few days ago. The farmers have started Act II of their mobilization. And for good reason, less than a year after huge demonstrations, the anger has not subsided.
The demands are the same: fairer pay, lower standards and opposition to free trade treaties, notably Mercosur. Except that new, less known issues have been added to the discontent of the countryside…
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