Farmers from Drôme and Ardèche continue their mobilizations this Thursday. On the side of the FDSEA and the Ardèche Young Farmers (JA), a verification of the origin of products in supermarkets and on the side of the Drôme and Ardèche Rural Coordination, a symbolic “death of farmers” action. The prefect of Ardèche, Sophie Elizéon, receives two union delegations.
A roundabout that has become a “cemetery” for Rural Coordination
Around twenty arborists and breeders from the Rural Coordination of Drôme and Ardèche first met in front of the Ardèche sub-prefecture of Tournon-sur-Rhône on Thursday morning. With two tractors, they slightly disrupted traffic but did not block the road. Around 11 a.m., five farmers presented their difficulties and problems to the prefect of Ardèche. For a first action by the union in this act 2 of the agricultural mobilization, they especially want express their opposition to the agreement with Mercosur (the economic alliance of five South American countries) and all free trade treaties. They believe they are subject to unfair competition, being subject to an overlapping of standards and the ban on the use of certain phytosanitary products For example.
The farmers of the Rural Coordination of the two departments then headed at the beginning of the afternoon towards the Nationale 7 and the roundabout of the Albon area, in the Nord-Drôme, to transform it into a “cemetery” . They planted crosses there and plants. “We went out a year ago, nothing happenedlaunched Pierre-Alban Olender, cereal grower and breeder in Lens-Lestang. We are now going out to prepare the graves. and if we come out a third time, we will have to be put in.”
Snail operation of the FDSEA and the JA
In Privas, around 3 p.m., farmers from the FDSEA and JA d'Ardèche checked the origin of the products at the Lidl supermarket. They then began a slow tractor operation to the prefecture. Sophie Elizéon is also due to receive a delegation from the two majority Ardèche unions.
