Farmers continue their mobilization throughout France on Tuesday, November 19. More than a hundred farmers set off from Béziers on Tuesday, November 19 at 7 a.m. to reach the Franco-Spanish border, near Perpignan, which they intend to block for several days in the south-north direction to attract the attention to their persistent difficulties. Driving in a single lane on the A9, around a hundred vehicles including six tractors passed through Narbonne, where they were joined by a dozen cars, noted an AFP correspondent. The participants mainly come from the Rural Coordination union. Follow our live stream.
New actions planned throughout the territory. The troops of the majority FNSEA-Young Farmers unions remain mobilized for the second day in a row with a program modeled on the two days of the G20 summit in Brazil. The Rural Coordination also takes action and increases the pressure by talking about “block food freight”.
France is looking for allies. Emmanuel Macron affirmed at the G20 in Rio de Janeiro that France was not “not isolated” in his opposition “as is” to the free trade agreement between the EU and the Latin American countries of Mercosur, considering that several countries “join”. To be sure of being able to oppose it in the event of signature, France must bring together a blocking minority within the EU.
The reasons for anger. The reasons for farmers’ discontent are far from limited to Mercosur. Too many standards, unfair competition, not enough income or consideration… On the filter dams or in front of the prefectures, the messages are almost identical to those of last year, when a historic mobilization of farmers resulted in 70 government commitments .
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