While the commercial port of Bordeaux was liberated this Friday morning, the blockages could start again “very strongly” in the Basque Country, in Agen and in the Toulouse region. Several actions are underway.
23:45 – “Tonight is a warning,” says a breeder
“In terms of actions, this evening is a warning to create a discussion link with the prefect. The mobilization will continue until we win the standoff or we die,” defends Pierre-Guillaume Mercadal, breeder present on the mobilization in Montauban.
22:45 – Bulky items dumped in front of the Mutualité sociale agricole in Montauban
The mobilization continues in Montauban, where farmers dumped bulky waste in front of the Mutualité sociale agricole.
21:42 – “New steps have been taken”, deplores the director general of the French Biodiversity Office
While premises and agents of the French Biodiversity Office were targeted by ransacking during the various farmers' mobilizations, Olivier Thibault, director of the organization, deplores these actions. “New steps have been taken,” he denounced.
20:40 – Tensions in Colomiers
Tensions broke out between farmers and the police at a dam in Colomiers. Many tires were set on fire.
19:42 – “We are going to settle in the prefectures”, defends the co-president of the Gers Rural Coordination
“We are going to set up in the prefectures or on strategic points in France and we are going to bang our fist on the table” declared Lionel Candelon, co-president of the Gers Rural Coordination.
18:37 – The president of the FNSEA deplores “lamentable methods”
The president of the FNSEA, Arnaud Rousseau, denounced “lamentable methods” and “unacceptable threats” concerning the representatives of the Rural Coordination, who disrupted his trip to Agen. “I remind you that the FNSEA and the Young Farmers are in the majority in 95% of the chambers (of agriculture) and that for my part, I will never accept that the president of Rural Coordination cannot go to a department, that she is physically threatened (…). These are just methods that I find absolutely lamentable,” he lamented.
17:24 – Why are French farmers demonstrating?
Farmers' unions are demonstrating with the same demands as at the start of the year, regretting that government promises have not yet come true. They also, and above all, oppose the signing of a free trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur which would disadvantage French farmers, the latter not being subject to the same standards as their South American counterparts.
4:58 p.m. – A new action planned this Friday, at 8 p.m., in Montauban
As indicated this Friday on “Come in large numbers,” indicates the union behind the majority of blockades of farmers across the country since the start of Act 2 of the agricultural crisis.
2:47 p.m. – A blocked Carrefour purchasing center near Toulouse (Haute-Garonne)
After an action in Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe, yesterday, farmers from Tarn and Aveyron took the Toulouse ring road, direction Colomiers, to the west of the pink city. Farmers from Rural Coordination have announced a blocking action at the Carrefour brand purchasing center in Colomiers. At the beginning of the afternoon, the tractors arrived on site and the blockage began, according to information fromToulouse News. “The peasant revolt has begun”, we can read on one of the tractors present on site.
1:16 p.m. – “We want to meet Rousseau”, the Rural Coordination determined in front of the Agen conference center
The Agen convention center blocked. In fact, the Lot-et-Garonne Rural Coordination is blocking the convention center for the arrival of the president of the FNSEA, a union contested by the Rural Coordination. Around fifty farmers are therefore stationed in front of the center compound, blocked by CRS. “We want to meet Rousseau to ask him a question,” proclaim leaders of the movement.
12:48 – New mobilizations planned for next week
The mobilization of farmers has been uninterrupted since November 18 and the first mobilizations carried out at the call of the FNSEA and the JA, the majority union alliance. Rural Coordination joined the movement on November 19 with more substantial actions, notably the blocking of certain roads such as the A9 between Spain and France and the blocking of purchasing centers.
All the unions, including the Peasant Confederation, have mobilized, and all plan to continue the movement in the coming days. The FNSEA and the JA have thus announced a new series of mobilizations from Tuesday November 26 to Thursday November 28.
12:20 – Rural Coordination 47 leaves Bordeaux, en route to Agen
The Lot-et-Garonne Rural Coordination convoy – which lifted the blockade of the port of Bordeaux this Friday morning – is now on its way to Agen. The procession is escorted by the gendarmes. “We want to maintain a certain pressure with regular mobilizations on the ground which will not have the scale of a siege,” indicates Karine Duc, one of the union officials at South Westdespite notable progress following the commitments made by Prime Minister Michel Barnier.
11:49 – The Europe Bridge blocked in Strasbourg by the FNSEA
This Friday, the FNSEA, the first French agricultural union, is leading a blocking action in Strasbourg, at the Pont de l'Europe. German farmers also joined the action to protest against the free trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur. “NO to Mercosur”, indicates the union on the social network
