Direct. Angry farmers from Nouvelle-Aquitaine converge in Gironde, follow the situation near Bordeaux

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Third day of anger among farmers in Gironde, this Wednesday, November 20, 2024. The department's Rural Coordination (CR) spent the night Beychac-et-Caillau and must be joined by that of Lot-et-Garonne in the afternoon. Follow the mobilization live.

3 p.m.: “We were taken for idiots”

The farmers of CR33 are still Beychac-et-Caillau. “They knew we were coming, they emptied part of the power plant Leclerc and moved the stocks to the platform side Auchan and Simply Market”, indicates a member of CR33 to Bordeaux news.

According to the farmer, a security system surrounds the platform but that will not stop them: “We have been taken for idiots, we are going to cross the national road and go there. »

The CR47 convoy arrives in Gironde. The procession crosses La Réole.

In the Landes, members of the CR47 arrived at the Leclerc purchasing center in Mont-de-Marsan to join their counterparts in the department.

2:15 p.m.: Last instructions before hitting the road again

Jose Perezco-president of CR47, gave the final instructions. The procession of tractors, without a car, will take the road again in the direction of Bordeaux. Farmers want to go to “strategic points without necessarily joining the members of the CR33”.

Before leaving, they dumped manure and threw tires in front of the Leclerc from Marmande.

1:45 p.m.: Lunch at Marmande, security system in Bordeaux

In Bordeaux, the police are preparing the arrival of farmers. Several CRS trucks are already in place in the district of Measure deck.

The farmers of the CR47 have arrived in Marmande. They have lunch in the parking lot of Leclerc. Our colleagues from Républicain Lot-et-Garonne are on site.

1:15 p.m.: Farmers still in Beychac-et-Caillau

Since yesterday evening, members of CR33 have been mobilized at the Leclerc purchasing center in Beychac-et-Caillau. Soon, farmers should move towards “new strategic points” such as other purchasing centers.

For its part, the CR47 continues its journey towards Bordeaux. The convoy is at Marmande. The procession is more than a kilometer after being joined by farmers at Barrels.

1 p.m.: update on the situation

Monday, the FNSEA and the JA lit a fire of anger on the Quai des Chartrons. Tuesday, the Coordination rurale de Gironde dumped manure in front of the town hall of Pessac then the headquarters of the MSA in Bordeaux.

Tuesday evening, CR 33 joined the purchasing center de Leclerc de Beychac-et-Caillau where the demonstrators spent the night and the morning.

This morning the representatives of CR 47, known for their muscular demonstrations, left Agen with a tractor convoy towards Gironde and other strategic points in the southwest.

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