The mobilization of farmers continues, but many blockades were temporarily lifted over the weekend before new actions planned for Monday. There are 38 of them compared to 113 on Friday evening. The blockade of Paris next week initially announced by the Young Farmers is ultimately “not yet decided”, but certain rural coordinations have announced that they will go to the outskirts of Paris and Rungis.
17:20 – The A64 motorway completely unblocked
The A64 motorway, where the first blockage was organized at Carbonne, has reopened in both directions. The prefect of the Occitanie region Pierre-André Durand welcomes “the spirit of responsibility of the farmers, who notably carried out the cleaning of the section of motorway which was occupied”.
17:20 – The A64 motorway completely unblocked
The A64 motorway, where the first blockage was organized at Carbonne, has reopened in both directions. The prefect of the Occitanie region Pierre-André Durand welcomes “the spirit of responsibility of the farmers, who notably carried out the cleaning of the section of motorway which was occupied”.
16:39 – “Go to Paris” to “block Rungis”
The Lot-et-Garonne Rural Coordination announces that it will “go to Paris” to “block the Rungis market”. “As of Monday, we are leaving by tractor for Paris to pick up the last elements we are missing, the cash flow. We are not completely satisfied,” announces José Pérez, co-president of the Lot-et-Garonne union. He says he wants to block Rungis which “supplies all of France” so that “nothing comes out of there”.
15:29 – The president of the Occitanie region calls for a “regional committee to monitor government commitments”
“The situation of our farmers, wine growers, fishermen in Occitanie is too serious, their commitment too sincere and honest, for these announcements not to be followed by rapid effects,” tweeted PS president of the Occitanie region Carole Delga. She calls for the establishment of a “regional committee to monitor government commitments”.
1:53 p.m. – The white march in tribute to the murdered farmer and her daughter is underway
Thousands of people gathered for a white march in Pamiers, in Ariège, in tribute to Alexandra Sonac and her daughter Camille, killed in an accident on a farmers’ dam last Tuesday.
13:16 – The Paris blockade called into question
After announcing, in the morning, a mobilization in the capital next week, the Young Farmers now announce that this decision is “not clear-cut”. The union’s general secretary, Pierrick Horel, temporizes by affirming that they will “take the weekend to rest minds and bodies and recalibrate next week’s mobilization”. The Young Farmers and the FNSEA are to meet this evening. “Obviously the question of the capital is on the table, certainly not that of the blockade of Rungis,” clarified Pierrick Horel.
13:06 – “Gabriel Attal gave a doliprane” to farmers, says LFI deputy François Ruffin
“As long as the question of the price is not resolved, we will not move forward,” defends François Ruffin, LFI deputy for the Somme. According to him, “Gabriel Attal gave a doliprane, he put a plaster (…) on it. fundamental question is not resolved. Farmers are asked to negotiate in a balance of power that is completely to their disadvantage,” laments the Insoumis.
12:36 – Blockage of the A64 in Haute-Garonne lifted
The blockage of the A64 in Haute-Garonne, which was the first to be put in place, has been lifted. “The results are there,” rejoiced a farmer present on BFMTV.
11:43 – Thierry Marx says he is “in solidarity with the peasant world” but worried “if Paris is blocked”
“We are in solidarity with the farming world,” says the starred chef and president of the UMIH (Union of Trades and the Hospitality Industry), but says he is “worried about this situation if Paris is blocked, 48 or 72 hours later, we could run out of products in our establishments, it could go very, very quickly.” he lamented on the BFMTV set.
11:18 – Update on maintained blockages
If the blockages have been lifted in Île-de-France, they are maintained in Allainville and Albis in Yvelines, at Isle-adam in Val-d’Oise, on the A16 near Beauvais, on the A1 towards Senlis, Ressons-sur-Matz, Arras, Henin-Beaumont and Lille-Lesquin.
Same thing in the South-West, near Agen on the A62 and in Montauban. Other blockages could occur on the A10 in Saint-Jean-d’Angely, Saintes, Soudan and Poitiers.
In the South-East, the A7 is still blocked in Orange, Montélimar, Valence, Chanas and St-Rambert d’Albon. On the A9 side, blockages are in progress towards Béziers, Narbonne, Montpellier and Perpignan.
11:09 – The initiator of the movement believes he has been heard
“We got the three demands,” says Jérôme Bayle, the initiator of the farmers’ movement. “I am a man of my word. I said: we are blocking GNR, irrigation and MHE.” According to him, he has been heard, while the unions continue the movement. “They didn’t follow us from the start,” laments the farmer about their comments.
10:35 – “Stacks of standards” which are “problematic”, according to the Minister of Ecological Transition
“We must recognize that today we have piles of standards which are both problematic for freedom of enterprise or for remuneration and which, sometimes, lead to contradictory injunctions in the very field of ecology”, said the Minister of Ecological Transition Christophe Béchu, in an interview with Ouest France.
10:09 – New announcements during the week
The Minister of Agriculture announces that other announcements are planned for the week, particularly on income and the viticulture sector. “There are first measures announced, they are expected to be applied to other subjects,” he indicated on the France Info set.