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Agricultural unions continue their mobilization this Tuesday. Tractor processions, gatherings in front of prefectures… Several actions are planned in the Occitanie region.
The agricultural unions are back at it again this Tuesday, November 19. In many departments, Rural Coordination will take over from the FNSEA-JA alliance, mobilized throughout the day this Monday. This is the case, among others, for Toulouse (Haute-Garonne), where Rural Coordination 31, still marginal at the start of the year and now with around a hundred members, plans to demonstrate in front of the department prefecture at 10 a.m. “The instructions are clear: no excess, no damage, and above all, do not disturb our fellow citizens,” warns Maxime Raud, president of the departmental section.
In the Gersthe Rural Coordination announces several convoys of tractors and dumpsters, which should set off in the direction of Auch, from Condom, Vic-Fezensac and Mirande, via the Departmental 930 as well as the National 124. Demonstrators from the Rural coordination from Hautes-Pyrénées could also join the Gers procession. At 9 a.m., farmers plan to block several strategic sites in downtownAlso such as the Place de la Libération, the Allées d'Etigny and the Foirail car park. These blockages should last at least until Wednesday.
Convoys and gatherings
In the Lot-et-Garonneone of the cradles of the mobilization, it is the Rural Coordination – accompanied by the hunters – which will be at the initiative. The farmers meet in Colayrac, on the outskirts of Agen, before going to the prefecture. Several convoys, coming from the four corners of the department, are expected on the roads. Actions are planned not only in front of the prefecture but also throughout the city, on targeted sites all linked to the agricultural world (such as the Mutualité sociale agricole, Crédit agricole, etc.).
In Aveyronthe prefecture will also be targeted by demonstrators here: a demonstration is organized in front of the building this Tuesday. A procession of 70 tractors will also parade in the department.
In the TarnRural Coordination also announces a departure from the Innoprod area of Albi around 1 p.m., before joining the prefecture at 2 p.m. The demonstrators will then set up in the city center until the early evening.
In the Tarn-et-Garonnethe demonstrators lit the “fires of anger” this Monday evening. The latter have not yet announced future actions in the department.
