Northern farmers are ready to go back into battle.
Credit : Delta FM
Farmers from the North, represented by the FDSEA and the Young Farmers, strongly oppose the agreement between the European Union and the Mercosur countries.
According to our information, actions will be carried out from the night of Sunday to Mondaylike the mobilization of farmers in Boulonnais at the start of the week.
The entire North department is concerned.
At the end of this first day of actions, farmers will gather on strategic roundaboutswithout the desire to block motorists.
Actions in the face of the Mercosur threat
According to northern farmers, this agreement seriously threatens European sustainable agriculture by promoting the massive importation of agricultural products that do not meet European standards.
Among these products, the agreement provides for the import of 99,000 tonnes of beef, 180,000 tonnes of poultry meat, 3.4 million tonnes of corn, as well as 8.2 million hectoliters of biofuels.
These goods, resulting from agricultural methods banned in Europe, pose traceability problems, use prohibited phytosanitary substances and participate in the massive deforestation.
For the agricultural unions of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, it is inconceivable that products that do not meet European requirements in terms of ecology, animal welfare and food safety will compete with local production.
Theydemand an end to negotiations and call on the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister to protect the interests of farmers and consumers.
Both organizations reaffirm their determination to defend sustainable agriculture and French food sovereignty.
