On the one hand, the mayor and his supporters, wanting to see the success of this project which is continuing its course and which, as a reminder, received a favorable opinion after a public inquiry. On the other, opponents, mostly local residents, gathered within an association, Touche pas à ma campagne, alongside the owner of the land, Thierry Laurière, overwhelmed by this affair. This November 7, their ranks are expanded by several Young Farmers, who came with their tractors to campaign in favor of maintaining agricultural activity on these lands.
Basket of crabs
The atmosphere is tense and accusations fall from all sides. The mayor, Philippe Perlumière, criticizes his detractors for making “false accusations” and not taking into account “the housing crisis” from which his municipality is suffering. Touche pas à ma campaign denounces a lack of consultation and the “pressure” that the owner would be subjected to to sell, moreover at a price that they consider inappropriate.
“Today, we are offering him 3 euros per square meter, while a few kilometers from here, in Saint-Front-de-Pradoux, there is a housing estate […] where the selling price per square meter is 37 euros,” says Thierry Feytout, the farmer who farms Thierry Laurière’s plot.
Plunged despite herself into this basket of crabs, the judge stays the course, repeating that she is not there to “put anyone on trial,” but to “make an estimate” of the value of the coveted land. , “as is the procedure”.
