08:35 – “We will not lift the roadblocks until there are concrete announcements”
“We will not lift the roadblocks as long as there are no concrete announcements. We are not in the time of measures and fine words” said the president of Young Farmers, Arnaud Gaillot, guest of RTL. However, the farmer does not seem to be in favor of setting up the movement over several weeks, on the contrary he mentions “2-3 days of maximum blockage”: “We have no interest in the movement getting bogged down , farmers have other things to do.” But other demonstrators say they have decided to continue the blockades as long as necessary.
As for the rise of farmers in Paris, Arnaud Gaillot says he does not want it but does not exclude it either: “If it has to get there, we will. Determination has never been at such a high level . […] It’s a matter of survival.”
08:24 – The two injured are in “serious” condition according to the prefecture
The accident occurred in the town of Pamiers “near the RD119 bridge”, around 5:45 a.m. this morning, the Ariège prefecture said in a press release. “At this stage the report shows one person dead and two seriously injured,” adds the authority, which indicates that a “psychological support unit has been set up on the ground.”
08:15 – The president of the FNSEA calls for “being vigilant about security conditions”
“I invite farmers to be vigilant about safety conditions,” urged the president of the FNSEA, Arnaud Rousseau, on BFMTV, after the fatal accident which occurred a few minutes ago at a blockage point in Ariège. “Getting our messages across also means ensuring everyone’s safety […] There is an absolute necessity to avoid this type of dramatic accident which leaves us all in mourning,” he added. The union representative also confirmed the death of a woman and the treatment of her husband by emergency services. and his 14-year-old daughter, without being able to specify the state of health of the two injured. The three victims are “members” of the FNSEA.
08:03 – A person dies at a blockage point in Ariège
The FNSEA president, Arnaud Rousseau, announced this Tuesday morning on RMC that a fatal accident had occurred this morning very early, at the blocking point of Pamiers, in Ariège. A woman died, her husband and her daughter were injured this morning. According to France 3, “a car drove into the demonstrators, leaving at least three seriously injured. One of them did not survive his injuries.” The prosecution added in a press release “A car entered the national road near Pamiers which was blocked by farmers. It hit the straw wall erected by the farmers at high speed. The material damage was considerable. So far, at least three people have been injured, including one who is in cardiopulmonary arrest.” The circumstances of the tragedy must still be clarified.
07:50 – The A63 blocked in both directions near Bayonne
The prefect of Pyrénées-Atlantiques reports this Tuesday morning in a press release posted online on social networks that the A63 is “blocked in both directions between Bayonne and Bordeaux at the level of the Adour / Hubert-Touya bridge” in Bayonne . Farmers positioned themselves with their tractors on the motorway bridge on the A63, in Bayonne, where they installed a dam with straw bales.
07:47 –
This Tuesday, the A7 motorway was targeted by farmers from Drôme and Isère. The motorway has been closed in both directions for 4 hours between Chanas (in Isère) and Tain l’Hermitage (in Drôme). France Bleu reports that nearly 70 farmers are on site, with between twenty and thirty tractors. They demonstrate and block the roads at Albon, in Drôme. The local media reports that a barnum has been built. The gendarmes must take action this morning, but the Interior Ministry is inclined to let anger express itself to a certain extent to avoid escalations of violence.
01/22/24 – 11:03 p.m. – Faced with the government’s “inconsistency”, farmers “no longer have confidence”
END OF LIVE – “Farmers no longer have confidence”, estimates Jean-Luc Poulain, farmer in Oise and president of the Agricultural Show. At the microphone of BFMTV on Monday evening, he denounced “the inconsistency of the measures” and deplored the fact that “there is no long-term direction”.
01/22/24 – 9:36 p.m. – The Minister of Agriculture expected in Hérault on February 2 to “make announcements”
If initial announcements must be presented to farmers by the Prime Minister “in the week”, and “later for a more medium term”, the Minister of Agriculture said at the start of the evening, BFMTV understands that the latter will himself travel to the department of Hérault on February 2 to “make announcements”. In any case, this is what his office reportedly told the 24-hour news channel on Monday evening.