On the second day of act 2 of the agricultural crisis, the Rural Coordination joined the mobilization. The mobilizations are likely to be more numerous throughout France and perhaps more severe in the coming days: the second agricultural union says it is ready to “block food freight”.
08:36 – Macron assures that France is “not isolated” in its opposition to the agreement with Mercosur
Emmanuel Macron continues to express his opposition to the signing of the agreement between the EU and Mercosur, he reiterated it yesterday since the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro and assured that France is “not isolated ” and that several countries “join” it in not endorsing a text which “is based on prerequisites which are obsolete”. The Head of State put forward the idea of ”rethinking the relationship with this sub-region, either Mercosur, or perhaps Brazil, because I understand that Argentina perhaps does not want to do it in a regional framework.
08:21 – The Rural Coordination demonstrates in front of the Ardennes prefecture
Rural Coordination is calling for a mobilization in Charleville-Mézière, in the Ardennes, this Tuesday morning. The processions of farmers gathered at 6 a.m. at three assembly points before reaching the prefecture. On site, they dumped slurry in front of the prefecture. The farmers park in front of the premises, honking their horns, they plan to set up a camp. Other actions carried out by the FNSEA and JA unions were already carried out yesterday in the department, in particular filter barriers at the Belgian border and goods control.
08:15 – Farmers on their way to Bordeaux, manure dumped in neighboring towns
A procession of farmers took the road to Bordeaux this Tuesday morning for a new mobilization. “Around fifty tractors” have taken to the road according to France Bleu Gironde’s count and must use the ring road. The prefecture has also announced the “installation of a mobile traffic jam between exit 24 and exit 22” to “secure access for the procession to the inner ring road”. At the same time, other actions are being carried out in the surrounding area: in Pessac, skips filled with manure were dumped in front of the town hall, our colleagues report.
08:07 – A mobilization on the A9 between Bézier and Narbonne, a blockage at the Spanish border?
A group of farmers took the road from Bézier to occupy the A9 this Tuesday morning and several demonstrations are taking place between Bézier and Narbonne reports Vinci on X. According to information from Midi-Freefarmers must head to the border with Spain for a blockage.
08:02 – Farmers demonstrate with tractors in front of the Essonne prefecture
A demonstration is planned for this Tuesday in front of the Essonne prefecture and the tractors began to arrive in Evry-Courcouronnes shortly before 8 a.m. The prefecture had announced disruptions on the road in anticipation of a gathering of farmers: it announced disrupted traffic for 6 hours on several axes including the RD145, the RD191, the RD153, the RD446, the A6 towards Paris, the N104 towards Corbeil-Essonnes and the N7 towards Évry-Courcouronnes.
07:58 – New actions at the call of Rural Coordination
Rural Coordination, the second agricultural union, joined the movement this Tuesday, November 19 by carrying out actions in parallel with those initiated by the FNSEA and the JA, and they could be harsher. The union effectively ensures that it is ready to “block food freight” from November 20 and first in the south-west of France. While it is involved in the farmers' blockades, the union is also holding its annual congress this Tuesday and Wednesday at the Futuroscope Congress Center in Vienna.
11/18/24 – 11:53 p.m. – New disruptions expected this Tuesday on the roads in Île-de-France
END OF LIVE – On For motorists, disruptions are expected on the following routes: RD145, RD191, RD153, RD446, A6 towards Paris, N104 towards Corbeil-Essonnes, N7 towards Évry-Courcouronnes.
11/18/24 – 11:26 p.m. – The “fires of anger” lit up France this Monday evening
In the Tarn, in Vendée, in Bordeaux… Numerous “fires of anger” were lit this Monday evening by the demonstrators, as the agricultural union FNSEA welcomed on the social network X.
18/11/24 – 22:45 – The EU-Mercosur treaty, “a dangerous agreement for French agriculture”, says Jordan Bardella
Guest on the show Facing BFMthe head of the National Rally also attacked the EU-Mercosur treaty this Monday. “This agreement is a dangerous agreement for French agriculture,” he said, before urging Emmanuel Macron to “ensure France’s interests are respected” by threatening in particular to “suspend payments [de Paris] in the common pot of the European Union.
18/11/24 – 22:17 – Marine Tondelier pleads for “a referendum” on the EU-Mercosur treaty
“On subjects like that, the French must be able to express themselves,” judged in the program Monday is political on Twitch and LCP the patron saint of environmentalists who said she was in favor of organizing a debate with a vote in the National Assembly and “even a referendum”. Marine Tondelier also called on Emmanuel Macron to go to the end of his standoff, judging that it is a “question of will”. And to insist: “He is head of state, let him pick up the phone, let him be persuasive.”
11/18/24 – 9:46 p.m. – On the quays of Bordeaux, farmers light a “fire of anger”
The images were relayed by France Bleu Gironde on The prefect was expected there a little later.
11/18/24 – 9:19 p.m. – “Our plates are not trash”, says Xavier Bertrand at the farmers' bedside
The president of the Hauts-de-France region went to meet the mobilized farmers this Monday evening in Neuville-Saint-Amand, in Aisne. “If we support them it’s because we say that our plates are not trash,” he declared on BFMTV, referring to the anger of farmers against the European Union-Mercosur treaty. And to add: “It is out of the question to have meat, which will come with the agreement of Mercosur, treated with growth hormones which are prohibited here. It's as simple as that!”
11/18/24 – 8:42 p.m. – In Marne, some demonstrators are preparing to spend the night in front of the prefecture
Around sixty tractors, nearly 200 farmers, in Châlons-en-Champagne, in Marne, the demonstrators intend to take turns during the night to continue the mobilization on site. In addition to the Mercosur free trade treaty, they are also protesting against “overadministration” and campaigning for a decent income. The demonstration took place peacefully.
