why farmers are mobilizing against the Mercosur treaty

« Talking about agricultural law and generational renewal no longer makes sense. With this agreement, our meat will remain on our hands… And livestock farming will already be completely dead ! » As evidenced by Véronique le Floc'h, president of Rural Coordination, tension has risen a notch in the countryside since All Saints' Day. The G20 summit in Rio opens in less than a week and there was talk, for a time, that the free trade agreement between the European Union and the four South American Mercosur countries would be concluded at this time. occasion.

Spain, in particular, was pushing in this direction, while France remains hostile to the draft treaty, which has still not been finalized. In any case, the main agricultural unions are preparing this week to further toughen their tone, by increasing more or less localized actions. Almost a year after the start of the historic mobilization which blocked the main roads of France, they count…