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No slurry, as was the case in other prefectures, but beets and bales of straw have been dumped on the pavement in front of the prefecture from Essonne to Évry-Courcouronnes, this Tuesday, November 19, 2024, as part of a demonstration a dozen farmers, came with eight tractors, at the call of the union Coordination rurale.

“Nothing has changed since the January mobilization”

“There is a lot of talk about the imminent signing of the European Union agreement with Mercosur, but the agricultural world has been in crisis for a long time and nothing has changed since the January mobilization. This agreement is just the last straw,” explains Kévin Brouillard, vice-president of rural coordination in the Paris suburbs.

Installed since 7:30 a.m. with his comrades under barns on Boulevard de France, this operator based in Orveau came to bring several demands with state services.

We are asking for a reduction in charges, less control over our farms, the doubling of the common agricultural policy, the possibility of using phytosanitary products in the absence of an alternative and the establishment of a minimum cost price, because we do not We can't create a salary today.

Discussions with the secretary general of the prefecture

At the head of a 340 hectare farm, the Essonian farmer who grows beets, onions as well as cereals, suffered, like his Essonian counterparts, from climatic conditions, particularly rainy This year.

“Yields have decreased and our production has fallen in quality, which has meant a reduction in sales prices for us,” laments the operator.

Coming from Prunay-sur-Essonne, Maisse and even Valpuiseaux, the demonstrators left the scene around 4 p.m. after being received by the secretary general of the prefecture in the morning.

“The mobilization was useful. We got what we came for. We were able to discuss for an hour and present our demands. They told us that they would relay them,” says Kévin Brouillard.

Other mobilizations could take place at the end of the year

According to the rural coordination representative, other mobilizations could take place by the end of the year, if no concrete progress is made.

The ongoing discussions at the G20 in Rio de Janeiro on EU-Mercosur free trade treaty will be particularly scrutinized.

“It would be unfair competition with the flooding of our markets with products that do not meet our specifications at prices lower than ours,” estimates Kévin Brouillard. The anger is not about to subside.

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