Third day of agricultural demonstration, with the elections in the chambers of agriculture as a backdrop

Certainly agricultural mobilization is unitary, but the strategies are different and so are the issues. Farmers have all been called by their various unions to demonstrate on several subjects since Monday, during the discussion around the free trade treaty with Mercosur. But if the FNSEA and the Young Farmers, the ultra majority in the profession, intend to limit the nuisance during their demonstrations, this is not the case of the Rural Coordination, the second representative union, which has decided on much more offensive action. , especially this Wednesday. It says it wants to “cause chaos and a food shortage” according to one of its representatives in the South West, around roadblocks around fruit and vegetables coming from Spain. But the context is also that of the elections in the chamber of agriculture, scheduled for January 31. However, the Rural Coordination, which holds the chambers of three departments: Vienne, Haute-Vienne and Lot-et-Garonne, could take advantage of this mobilization to push to its advantage.

This Monday, the government promised to hold a debate in Parliament on Mercosur, a treaty unanimously condemned by farmers and by political groups as a whole.

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