Angry farmers intend to go to Paris this Sunday, sometimes by tractor, at the call of the Rural Coordination, illustrating the concern of a sector whose representatives will be received on January 13 in Matignon.
The Prime Minister, François Bayrouwill meet that day with the Peasant Confederation, the Rural Coordination, the FNSEA and the Young Farmers, announced Matignon this Friday. A meeting too late in the eyes of the Rural Coordination, the second agricultural union in France, which maintained its Sunday mobilization, Patrick Legras, spokesperson for the organization, told Reuters.
THE angry peasantsrecognizable by their yellow caps, threaten to block access to the capital on this day of heavy traffic linked to the return of Christmas vacation. The Paris and Val-de-Marne police headquarters have banned “any undeclared gathering” in the center of Paris and near the Rungis market from this Sunday 6:00 p.m. until Monday noon.
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The agricultural world is demanding the application of measures whose implementation is slowed down by the political instability caused by the dissolution of the National Assemblythen the censure of government of Michel Barnier. Among the unions' demands are an end to the overtransposition of standards and better control of imports.
Farmers are also concerned about the signing of the Mercosurfree trade agreement between the European Union and five Latin American countries including Brazil and Argentina. France is opposed to the current terms of this text, which must be ratified before entering into force. The project is “unacceptable as it stands”said President Emmanuel Macronwhich expressed reservations regarding the impact on French agriculture and environment.
The agricultural mobilization in France comes as the launch, Tuesday, of the official campaign for the elections to the chambers of agriculture approaches. The vote, scheduled for the second half of January, will outline the new balance of power between the unions.
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