The French Biodiversity Office was once again targeted on Wednesday, its departmental headquarters in Aude having been degraded in Trèbes, near Carcassonne, in a context of tension with farmers, we learned from a close source of the investigation.
The entrance to the OFB representation in Aude was tagged and its gate set on fire, noted an AFP photographer.
“From the dealers” was painted in green paint on a low wall, next to the burnt gate, in reference to comments made by an OFB agent on France Inter. He declared that if the farmers no longer want to see us on their farms, it's the same as if the drug dealers asked the police to no longer come to the cities.
The police opened an investigation.
In recent days, actions led by farmers against the OFB have been recorded, for example in Toulouse where farmers' unions dumped waste in front of the regional headquarters of the OFB and caused damage.
OFB agents are responsible for enforcing the rules regarding the use of pesticides, uprooting hedges or respecting drought orders, but also for controlling hunters, fighting against poaching or drug trafficking. protected species.
Relations have worsened with the rural world since the crisis which shook the profession last year, with some farmers complaining about controls considered intimidating, and since the declarations of Prime Minister François Bayrou during his general policy speech.
-Mr. Bayrou had described certain inspections by OFB agents as “humiliation” and “mistakes,” “a weapon in the belt in a farm already put on edge by the crisis.”
The OFB unions denounce “repeated attacks, orchestrated by a large majority of agricultural unions”, having “received more than sympathetic government attention”.
published on January 22 at 1:52 p.m., AFP
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