Agricultural crisis: in Deux-Sèvres, farmers launch their mobilization on Sunday November 17

Farmers plan to once again express their anger almost everywhere in France, after the monster mobilizations at the start of 2024. In Deux-Sèvres, “Young Farmers 79 and FNSEA 79 will launch strong symbolic actions this Sunday, November 17 in the evening, starting with the covering of signs in the municipalities of the department. These actions will mark the start of larger-scale mobilizations in Niort in the following days “specify the two unions in a press release. They indicate that they are always “pending the materialization of the political announcements at the beginning of 2024” and have the feeling that the government “ride”.

“One of the worst periods in recent decades”

The context is tense. “We have just experienced one of the worst periods in recent decades: poor harvests, devastating climate, rampant diseases, threats of international agreements”list FNSEA 79 and JA. The two unions say “No to Mercosur”, a free trade agreement with Latin American countries that the European Union seems determined to sign. They also ask “economic and cash flow measures” et “a drastic administrative and normative simplification”.