Farmers, mobilized since Sunday, continue their movement this Tuesday, November 19, in opposition to the signing by the European Union of a free trade agreement with Mercosur countries (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay).
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Agriculture : “We find ourselves without any room for maneuver” says Véronique Le Floc'h, president of Rural Coordination
08 h 20. In Niort, farmers are still at the Noron exhibition center. They will not leave before 9 a.m./9:30 a.m. A snail operation will follow towards Place de la Brèche before a barbecue from 11:30 a.m.
In Niort, at the Noron exhibition center.
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08 h 15. “It’s an anger that we understand. There are extremely high expectations. Our desire is for the demonstrations to take place calmly. There are extremely high expectations. (More) all of Gabriel Attal's commitments, last January, are taken up by the government […] Our desire is that these demonstrations take place peacefully” knowing that “we are arriving at the Christmas period”, declared Maud Bregeon, the government spokesperson, on TF1.
07 h 30. The second agricultural union, the Rural Coordination, which is holding its annual congress until Wednesday in Vienne, enters the scene. Opposed like other agricultural unions to the signing by the European Union of a free trade agreement with Mercosur countries, the Rural Coordination is also asking for a reduction in charges.
