“The last warning” from Aude farmers and wine growers to the government

The anger of the farmers and wine growers of Aude does not weaken. Despite the unanimity of a French political class ready to denounce the free trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union, which was the basis of the peasant uprising, the agricultural mobilization continues.

This was again the case this Wednesday, November 20, when around a hundred farmers and wine growers peacefully took over the square in front of the City after setting fire to two bales of straw. “If the government remains deaf, we will carry out other operations which we do not want but which we will do: namely blockades”, warns Jean-Pierre Alaux, president of the Departmental Federation of Farmers' Unions of Aude (FDSEA11).

Because if signals were sent to the sector, in particular by the Minister of Agriculture, Annie Genevard, during her trip to Aude, the demonstrators would like “that we move from words to actions”.

Upcoming actions of breeders and winegrowers

“Nothing that has been told to us has been validated. We have answers to have about the means that certain neighboring countries like Spain, Italy, Portugal have and which we do not have for protect our vines, our market gardens and our field crops We must move forward with harmonization. We also expect the efficiency of certain measures such as relief on undeveloped land and support for cash loans. adds Jean-Pierre Alaux.

At the end of this gathering where wine growers, breeders, cereal growers, Young Farmers and the FDSEA 11 were present, a delegation was received at the prefecture to discuss all of these points.

Note that several new mobilizations of angry farmers are planned in the coming days, but still without blockages, with action by breeders from the Haute Vallée announced for this Monday, November 25, then Saturday, November 30, this time with a rally winegrowers.