At the call of the FDSEA and the Young Farmers of Vauclusethere were around sixty yesterday, Wednesday 27 November 2024, gathered at 8 a.m. with their skips and tractors at the Maison de l'agriculture. Before leaving in convoy towards the center of the city of the Popes.
Their target ? The administrative city which in their eyes concentrates over-constraint and over-regulation which they face. Stop the paperwork, but also stop all these contributions that some are no longer able to pay.
Like Guillaume, from Vaison-la-Romaine, who came to demonstrate with his welding machine… which he used to block the gate of the Mutualité Sociale Agricole, route de Marseille. A highly symbolic gesture that he explains as follows: : « On contributes to it, but it’s always a hassle“. Especially since the cash flow of several farms is at its lowest.
« The envelopes that have been allocated to Vaucluse are insufficient, we need an urgent response from the State on this subject“. Sophie Vache, president of the FDSEA
Sophie Vache, president of the FDSEA of Vauclusehands documents through the gate to two employees: they are requests for contribution deferral. Timelines to be reviewed because, according to her, some farmers will not make it to the end of the year.
Financial aid to support farmers in difficulty, administrative simplification, concrete measures to put the taste for entrepreneurship back at the heart of agricultural policies: the message from Vaucluse farmers is clear.
And to give it weight, they continued their journey towards the administrative city where they dumped straw, apples and vine branches.
Actions that are still non-violent are expected to recur, with the Young Farmers of Vaucluse and the FDSEA having scheduled a third day of mobilization.
