Responding to the call launched throughout France by the FNSEA, the main agricultural union, a first mobilization of Vauclusian farmers is scheduled for Monday morning, without anyone knowing that she will be the target. We simply know that the tractors will be there and that the Appointment is set around 6 a.m. in the Piot Island parking lot.
For months they have been mobilizing, in Vaucluse as in the rest of France, farmers have had the feeling of being listened to without being heard, the dissolution of the National Assembly having not helped matters. According to them, the government is procrastinating… without ever announcing real measures.
Three mobilizations per week of Vaucluse farmers
So, as the G20 summit begins in Brazil – one of the countries pushing to impose the famous Mercosur free trade treaty that French farmers and breeders reject en bloc – they have decided to take action.
« We want to clearly reaffirm the position of French agriculture facing this Mercosur » insists Jordan Charransol, president of Young Farmers 84.
And Sophie Vache, president of the FDSEA Vaucluse (departmental federation of farmers' unions) adds: “ We are going to organize three mobilizations in three weeksthe objective being to do several until December. There it will be during the day“.
Concerning these next gatherings, no information has yet been given. What is certain, for those who can, is that it is better to avoid driving near Avignon on Monday morning.
