Several entities were targeted on Boulevard Salvador Allende in Nîmes in the early morning. Farmers are now mobilized in the Mitra area between Saint-Gilles and Garons. Follow the mobilization live.
Anger is brewing again among farmers! This Wednesday morning, farmers from all over Gard are mobilizing in Nîmes and carrying out several strikes. Several services are targeted: the DDTM, the Nîmes Payment Services Agency and the MSA. Actions to be found in images. Traffic is currently severely disrupted on the Nîmes ring road.
11h41. A delegation of farmers will be received by those responsible for the Grand Frais logistics platform (Mitra zone between Garons and Saint-Gilles). The police are also on site.
11h26. In front of the SudLog warehouse, the Grand Frais platform located in the Mitra area between Saint-Gilles and Garons, farmers unload bales of hay.
11h07. The arrival of farmers in the Mitra area between Garons and Saint-Gilles, in front of the Grand Frais logistics platform where a new action is planned.
9h35. In front of the Crédit Agricole center at Mas de Cheylon in Nîmes, the mobilization of farmers continues.
Farmers dumped waste in front of Crédit Agricole • Photo Anthony Maurin
9h11. Now at Credit Agricole du Mas de Cheylon, Gard farmers are continuing their actions.
Farmers have increased the number of fires Photo Anthony Maurin
8h35. Still in front of the MSA, in Nîmes, the discontent of the farmers is rising a notch. They spray the MSA premises with slurry.
Farmers sprayed slurry on MSA premises • Photo Anthony Maurin
8h22. In front of the MSA, in Nîmes, the farmers continue their actions of the day before leaving towards the Mas de Cheylon.
8h14. Head of the FDSEA in Gard, David Sève explains the reasons for the discontent and the actions of farmers.
8:10 a.m.. Farmers wall up the entrance to the MSA, in Nîmes, on Boulevard Salvador Allende.
Farmers wall up the entrance to the MSA • Photo Anthony Maurin
7h52. The farmers are preparing to leave and stay on the Nîmes ring road… heading to another agricultural entity after the Payment Service Agency.
7h46. At the Nîmes Payment Services Agency, farmers recall their presence and their dissatisfaction. It is the beginning of a struggle which is beginning and which will rise to a crescendo.
Municipal signs dumped in the premises • Photo Anthony Maurin
7h37. Farmers take action at the Payment Services Agency at Georges Besse Park. Salvador Allende Boulevard is temporarily blocked.
7h11. David Sève, head of the FDSEA, reassembles his troops alongside Romain Angelras, of the Young Farmers of Gard. The departure for the day of action is imminent, the standoff will intensify and last over time.
6h12. While an action is underway at the DDTM (Nîmes), the tractors of Gard farmers are converging towards the Chamber of Agriculture which will be the starting point for other mobilizations today.
