actions in Indre, Deux-Sèvres and Vienne

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8 h 45. In Indre, demonstrators should meet in front of the Chamber of Agriculture, in Châteauroux, at the end of the morning. A general assembly should take place there, in the presence of the prefect.

8 h 25. Benjamin Aucher, the co-president of the Young Farmers of Vienne, is on the Folie roundabout. “For the moment, it will remain on the filter barrier”he explains. Traffic remains fluid.

Meanwhile, farmers call out to passing motorists. “Take advantage of French agriculture, because with Mercosur, there will be no more”told them Adrien Herault, dairy farmer in Chenevelles (Vienna).

8 h 10. In Poitiers, the gathering at the Folie roundabout is starting to take shape. A handful of members of the Young Farmers are present.

8 h. The National Assembly is due to debate, in the afternoon, the Mercosur free trade agreement, which crystallizes many tensions. A vote will then take place and should result in a rejection of the text, which would not be enough to prevent adoption of this agreement at European level.

7 h 50. Asked about France 2 Tuesday morning, the president of the FNSEA, Arnaud Rousseau, wanted to pass “a very clear message: no harm to property or people”.

7 h 20. In Indre, numerous gatherings have been announced by the FNSEA. Firstly, the farmers planned to meet at La Châtre, Place du Champ de Foire, at 7:15 a.m., near the D927.

For his part, on X, the prefect of the department indicated that “several convoys of agricultural vehicles should converge on Châteauroux with possible snail operations. »

7 h 15. In Vienne, the Young Farmers’ Union called for mobilization this Tuesday morning. A rally is planned near Poitiers, at 7:30 a.m., at the Folie roundabout, on the D910.

7 h. Hello and welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to the mobilization of farmers throughout the country.

The FNSEA and the Young Farmers, then the competing union, the Rural Coordination, carried out a series of actions throughout France from November 18.

Negotiations around the free trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, income problems, the overtransposition of standards or health controls that they find too restrictive are the reasons for this mobilization.

Monday, November 25, in Pas-de-Calais, Ardennes, Cher, Nièvre or Haute-Savoie, unions targeted logistics platforms and supply centers, prefectures or strategic traffic routes.