A “punch operation”. Around a hundred demonstrators erected a concrete block wall in front of the National Institute of Research for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE), in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, early Thursday, November 28, noted several journalists on site, including those from franceinfo. The action is notably claimed by the Regional Federation of Farmers' Unions (FRSEA) of Ile-de-France, which writes on X: “Give us the means to work! Let’s find our means of production, stop the obstacles!” Young Farmers (JA) flags are also visible.
“Inrae is of no use, fed up with this institution,” said launched Cyrille Milard, vice-president of the FDSEA of Seine-et-Marne. “We need solutions now on our farms because we are dying,” he shouted over the loudspeaker according to a franceinfo journalist on site. “We finance a national institute at a billion euros per year which only brings us constraints”, added Donatien Moyson, co-president of the JA of Ile-de-France West, to AFP. Follow our live stream.
Demonstrations across France on Wednesday. With their tractors or their animals, hundreds of farmers once again participated in demonstrations in several departments. In Aveyron, dozens of them took a position in front of Rodez Cathedral, forming the letters “SOS”.
Environmental associations denounce violence. Three environmental protection associations were targeted by farmers, the France Nature Environnement (FNE) movement which oversees them denounced on Wednesday. Two complaints were filed Tuesday and a third should be filed Thursday.
The Senate in turn supports the government in opposing the treaty negotiated by the EU with Mercosur. Like the National Assembly the day before, the Senate validated the government's position on the draft free trade agreement on Wednesday. A rare subject of consensus within the political class, the text was voted on almost unanimously in the upper house, by 338 votes out of a total of 348 senators.
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