The FDSEA and Young Farmers are mobilized on Monday November 18 in Albi as part of a national protest movement, as the G20 summit in Rio begins, a summit during which an EU-EU free trade agreement will be discussed.Mercosur between the European market and Latin American products. Follow the mobilization live.
3:50 p.m.: farmers prepare to leave the Gaillaguès roundabout in Lescure d'Albigeois to reach the city center. Find the planned route here.
3:30 p.m. – Several trucks checked by FDSEA and JA farmers
The mobilization is still taking place at the Gaillaguès roundabout Alongside the fifty or so farmers present, there are also non-farmers who support the movement: retirees, restaurateurs, etc.
The objective is to open the trucks and verify the origin of the products being transported, particularly meat. If she is French, the truck leaves. If she is a foreigner she is kept and the truck leaves empty. According to our journalist, present on site since 2:15 p.m., around ten trucks were checked but no seizure of foreign meat was made by the farmers.
3:00 p.m. – Filter dam at Lescure d’Albigeois.
Since midday, in Albi, farmers from the FDSEA and Young Farmers have been mobilized in Albi. The movement began with a filter barrier at the level to control heavy goods vehicles on the RN 88 and their loading.
2:00 p.m. – Here is a first article which details the route of farmers’ mobilization in Albi:
Jade Zaoui with Alexandre Renault
