Agricultural crisis: a filter dam in front of an Intermarché platform in Indre-et-Loire

After the fire of anger of the FNSEA and the JA at the entrance to Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine in Indre-et-Loire, this Wednesday, another agricultural union called for a demonstration, this Friday: around twenty farmers led by the Rural Coordination came to make a roadblock filtering in front of the Intermarché logistics platform. A new action to denounce the working conditions, the falling salaries of farmers and the agreement desired by the EU with the Mercosur countries.

Blocking “in good intelligence”

“Mercosur is the icing on the cake, says Didier Tranchant, president of the CR in Indre-et-Loire. But even without Mercosur, we had to get out, because there is no longer any income. We have to keep up the pressure, continue to show that we are there.”

Some heavy goods vehicles were held up for several tens of minutes by the twenty farmers and their six tractors. “We filter and it’s logistics that decides which truck comes in based on needs.continues the president of the union in Indre-et-Loire. This is the negotiation we had with the site. We can do it in good harmony, to be heard and not disturb too much.”

The director of the neighboring Intermarché came to meet the farmers in the middle of the afternoon to ask them to let certain trucks with fresh produce pass through. “Fresh products are perishable and we are in a food bank weekend so we are a little worried, we have products that must go all over France”, explains Stéphane de Fontenay.