While the president of the Gers Rural Coordination had promised in October to “paralyze and starve Toulouse” in the event of no response from the government to the demands of farmers, Véronique Le Floc'h confirmed this Tuesday, November 19 on BFMTV that “if It lasts, it could happen.”
This Tuesday, November 19, farmers are continuing their mobilization throughout France at the call of unions, with the Rural Coordination now increasing the pressure by talking about “blocking food freight”. “We must say stop to this agricide,” says Véronique Le Floc’h, president of this agricultural union, on BFMTV.
While the president of the Gers Rural Coordination had promised in October to “paralyze and starve Toulouse” in the event of no response from the government to the farmers' demands, Véronique Le Floc'h confirmed this Tuesday that “if it lasts, it could happen”.
“Our actions are getting tougher because it is a question of survival, because, precisely, we want a future for our young people,” she adds.
Lower charges and opposition to Mercosur
The second agricultural union, the Rural Coordination, is holding its annual congress until Wednesday in Vienne. The union assures that it is ready, if it does not obtain satisfaction, to “block food freight” from November 20, first in the south-west of France.
Opposed, like other agricultural unions, to the signing by the European Union of a free trade agreement with Mercosur countries (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay), it also demands reductions in charges for farmers.
“Who are we targeting? Today, all those who make a living through agriculture,” assures Véronique Le Floc’h on BFMTV.
Less than a year after a historic mobilization, agricultural unions believe that the accounts are not there and are protesting against the signing of an agreement with Mercosur which notably provides for beef import quotas with customs duties. reduced or zero.
A year later, nothing has changed? Farmers make their anger heard again
“Our targets are not just the purchasing centers, we also have manufacturers, who today are not controlled, who export our good cheap raw materials, who import expensive raw materials, who make tax evasion…”, declared Véronique Le Floc'h this Tuesday.
The Rural Coordination also intends to break the quasi-hegemony of the FNSEA over the chambers of agriculture and is increasing its attacks on Arnaud Rousseau, also president of the oil giant Avril. The CR accuses him of secretly defending the interests of agro-industry. Faced with the threat of blocking food freight, FNSEA officials have already responded that they are not trying to “starve” the French.
