Almost a routine morning this Thursday, November 21 at the Saint-Cricq roundabout in Auch for the farmers of the Gers Rural Coordination who, in the flow of vehicles slowed down by a filter barrier, appeared pleasant. The roar of the horns of heavy goods vehicles as a sign of support keeps the demonstrators on their toes, which does not prevent them from carrying out some checks on the food goods transported, if they come from France everything is fine and if they are of foreign origin it will be the direction of the parking.
Around midday it's time to eat in a relaxed atmosphere, but there is no question of raising your guard. The hours pass, we discuss a bit of everything, on Mercosur, the demands, on what is happening with the neighbors where the blockade of the commercial port of Bordeaux seems to be a well-targeted operation.
Then the wind continues to blow while a heavy rain arrives around 6 p.m., a time when some rumors are circulating about declarations that should arrive. Around 7 p.m., Lionel Candelon, president of CR32, asks for silence to announce “good news on the Land Tax on Undeveloped Properties (TFNB)”. This involves revealing the rate of relief adapted to crops, 30% for meadows, 50% for arborists and large crops, 80% for viticulture, plus additional relief of 20% for municipalities recognized as having a natural disaster (except meadows). A relative enthusiasm was heard because obviously it was 100% relief that was requested.
Lionel Candelon took the opportunity to motivate his troops by asking them to support the neighbors of Gers by positioning themselves at the La Scalandes power plant in Mont-de-Marsan and at the Carrefour Supply power plant in Colomiers.
The curtain fell a few hours later to leave the Saint-Cricq roundabout but nothing is said if they will not return…
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