Will Parisians experience shortages? Farmers from the FNSEA and Young Farmers (JA) of the Greater Paris Basin will begin a “siege of the capital” from Monday, the two unions, which represent the majority of the profession at the national level, announced on Saturday evening.
“From Monday January 29 at 2 p.m. farmers from the departments: Aisne, Aube, Eure, Eure et Loir, Île-de-France, Marne, Nord, Oise, Pas-de-Calais, Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Maritime and Somme, members of the FNSEA network and Young Farmers of the Greater Paris Basin, are beginning a siege of the capital for an indefinite period,” they wrote in a press release. . “All heavy roads leading to the capital will be occupied by farmers,” they add in the brief text.
Farmers from the Lot-et-Garonne Rural Coordination, one of the hotspots of the mobilization in France, had earlier announced their intention to “go to Paris” from Monday in order to block the market of national interest of Rungis (Val-de-Marne). “All the heavy roads leading to the capital will be occupied by farmers,” they add.
But the national authorities of the two organizations have not yet decided on the continuation of the movement at the level of the entire country. “It’s the terrain that decides,” argues the president of the FNSEA, Arnaud Rousseau, in La Tribune Sunday. “The Prime Minister only took into account part of the 122 demands that we addressed to him,” he regrets, demanding to “discuss with him, demand by demand.”
A7, A4, A9… Current actions
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal is visiting a farm this Sunday, January 28. He is expected on a cattle farm in Indre-et-Loire and should speak after the visit, according to Matignon. Several important routes remain blocked this Sunday even if, according to the gendarmerie, the decline in actions continued compared to Saturday: at 6 a.m., 20 actions were recorded, affecting 17 departments.
The A7 motorway is still cut between Chanas (Isère) and Orange towards Marseille and between Avignon and Chanas towards Lyon, according to the operator Vinci Autoroutes. In the Meuse, the A4 is still blocked between Manheulles and Haudiomont “until further notice”, according to William Douxdoux, president of the department’s JA. In Gard, farmers spent the night on the A9 motorway dam, near Nîmes. “Nothing has changed, we are here and the highway is still cut,” the president of the FDSEA30, David Sève, told AFP this Sunday morning.
In Brittany, many blockades were lifted on Saturday, but some remain in place, such as in Finistère, around Quimper and Carhaix, and in Lorient in Morbihan. In the same department, the FDSEA carried out an action last night around Ploërmel to block the N24 (Rennes-Vannes-Lorient), as well as the La Roche-Bernard bridge on the Vannes-Nantes axis. In Eure-et-Loir, the FDSEA plans “free toll” operations from 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. on the A10 and A11, notably Allaires, Chartres-nord and Thivars.