Gers farmers maintain pressure in a strategic location

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Almost everywhere in France the FDSEA and the JA demonstrated on Monday November 18, 2024. Then it was the turn of the Coordination rurale the day after. And many left camp after a day ofactions. Not in the Gerswhere some are still present this Thursday, November 21, 2024.

Thus, after blocking the city center for almost two days, the tractors migrated towards the strategic Saint-Cricq roundaboutin Auch, the gateway to the Gers prefecture from Toulouse.

A filter dam at a strategic point

From 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, traffic was blocked on this roundabout, leading to the implementation of diversions on departmental roads for part of the night and complicating access to Auch.

Thursday, November 21 in the morning, a “filter barrier with control of all refrigerated trucks” took over, announced the Rural Coordination, which wants to reassure motorists: cars pass. “Only the exit towards Auch via the D924 departmental road is closed,” adds the union, which invites users to be patient and come and have a coffee.

As a result, the prefecture warns that there could be disruptions on the Auch ring road and on the RN124 as we approach this sector and recalls that the situation remains “evolving”. It is therefore advisable to find out beforehand. For example on the site dedicated to the department's traffic information.

On Tuesday, the farmers spoke at length with a prefect whose departure they regret. Before dumping two skips in front of the prefecture. The Rural Coordination also displayed a banner on the chamber of agriculture with the following written on it: “The President: Democracy Ends Here.”

Elections in sight

A sentence which, according to the union, echoes “an event that occurred two weeks ago, when the Minister of Agriculture, Annie Genevard, visited a farm in Tarn”. “During this visit, a member of the Rural Coordination expressed several times his wish to speak. But he was refused this possibility by the president of the Tarn Chamber of Agriculture. A refusal which, for us, illustrates a lack of listening and democracy,” specifies the union.

Remember that the elections to the chamber of agriculture will take place in January 2025 and that the Rural Coordination intends to overthrow its rival, the FDSEA.

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