a dozen tractors block traffic on the ex-RN4

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Traffic has been complicated in Seine-et-Marne, this Monday morning January 6, 2025near theex-RN4renamed RD1004. Around 6:30 a.m., the angry farmers blocked the access ramp to the departmental road, at the Fontenay-Trésigny Intermarché.

“The situation is calm and under control”

The demonstrators, mainly belonging to the Coordination rurale (CR) of the 21st (Côte-d'Or), were on board 12 tractors and a trailer. The blockage lasted three quarters of an hour, but traffic, although slowed down, remained fluid according to the gendarmerie, which established deviations.

Currently, the military is in discussions with the farmers, who must return to Paris. “We had no incident to report and the motorists remained calm,” underlines a gendarme. The situation East calm and controlled. »

What are farmers asking for?

As a reminder, farmers, at the call of the unions, are standing up against theaccord UE-Mercosur, which they accuse of favoring the importation of low-cost products with lower environmental standards than those imposed on them.

The actions of the CR, which give this union media visibility, come on the eve of the launch of the campaign for the elections to the chambers of agriculture. These elections, organized from January 15 to 31, will determine the new balance of power between agricultural unions, including the FNSEA is ultra-dominant according to the last poll of 2019.

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