After the filter dams and roundabout occupations in Ardèche This Monday afternoon, it is the turn of the farmers of Drôme to mobilize. Several “fires of anger” are lit in the department. A way to remind the government “that there are promises waiting.” A way of also showing that “the countryside is on fire” which is the national slogan of the FNSEA union. In Chabeuil, around ten farmers came with three tractors to light their fire near the airport. Similar actions are carried out in thirteen points of the department notably at the roundabout at the exit of Die, at that of Crest, at the N7 roundabout in Albon, at Saint-Jean-en-Royans and Saint-Laurent-en-Royans or even at Beauvallon, Bourg -de-Péage and Grignan. The JA and the FDSEA promise new actions “punch” in the days to come if they are not heard.
“For now we are quite nicewe burn branches in a field without disturbing anyone, but we can move up a gear” warns Vladimir Gauthier of the Drôme JA union present at the Chabeuil fire. He also says that farmers want to remain vigilant both on the vote on France's budget, but also on the agricultural orientation bill which notably impacts the promises made last January. But we will have to remain as attentive to this famous Mercosur : “the big problem is that it's a treaty that keeps coming back to the table. They can put it back on the agenda every 6 months and ratify it the day we no longer pay attention to it. So we have to stay mobilized in the long term.” explains the young cereal grower from the Valence plain
Jérémy Marlenc
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