mobilizations expected this Sunday to put pressure on the government

The rehearsal before the big departure. Farmer mobilizations are expected in several departments in France on Sunday November 17, before the launch of numerous actions “of magnitude” during the week at the call of the main trade union organizations such as the FNSEA and Jeunes Agriculteurs.

Actions are for example expected in Châlons-en-Champagne (Marne), or in Vélizy-Villacoublay (Yvelines), where around a hundred tractors from Yvelines and Essonne must converge around 4 p.m. – with disruptions on the roads at plan, warns the prefecture on the X network. In Mans (Sarthe), professionals have planned to cover the municipal signs to attract attention. Follow our live stream.

Among the subjects of tension, the EU-Mercosur free trade treaty. This text, under discussion for several years between the European Union and four Latin American countries, provokes the indignation of many farmers, who denounce in particular unfair competition from countries with less restrictive production standards. The text is today criticized by many French elected officials and by the executive, but could be adopted despite everything.

Several actions already organized this week. As of Thursday, November 14, farmers had mobilized in several departments, for example by covering town signs with the names of South American towns in Sarthe, or by lighting pyres in Haut-Rhin. In Oise, farmers took advantage of the night from Thursday to Friday to cover radars, reports The Parisian.

The bulk of the mobilization planned for Monday. Gatherings and “fires of anger” are planned all over France, in Arras, Amiens, Strasbourg, Bordeaux, Dijon, Châlons-en-Champagne, Le Havre and even Royan. The mobilization will be “responsible”warned the boss of the FNSEA, Arnaud Rousseau.