Anger of farmers: a thousand demonstrators from Gard surged onto the A9 motorway in Nîmes West

The A9 motorway near the Nîmes West interchange has been blocked since Thursday June 25 by angry Gard farmers. – ALEXIS BETHUNE

The cargo from Spain transported by a Polish truck was thrown to the ground at KM Delta. – ALEXIS BETHUNE

At KM Delta, several convoys of tractors intermittently occupied the road and the roundabout. Midi Free – ALEXIS BETHUNE

A Polish truck was emptied of its contents in Nîmes. – ALEXIS BETHUNE

During the angry farmers' demonstration, a tree was laid down on the road. Midi Free – ALEXIS BETHUNE

The upside down signs to say that the system “really works on the head”, estimate the farmers of Gard. Midi Free – ALEXIS BETHUNE

Early in the morning, in La Calmette, the tractors began their journey to Nîmes. – ALEXIS BETHUNE

No white smoke yet for farmers regarding government announcements about them. Midi Free – ALEXIS BETHUNE

Several hundred tractors were parked on the A9 motorway. – ALEXIS BETHUNE

Consequence of the blocking of the A9 motorway: saturated traffic on the secondary network like here on Boulevard Salvador Allende. Midi Free – ALEXIS BETHUNE

The demonstration of angry farmers began this Thursday, June 25 in the early morning with ten rallying points and an occupation of the KM Delta in Nîmes and the A9 motorway near the Nîmes West interchange.

The anger of the Gard farmers poured out into the street or rather onto the KM Delta roundabout and onto the roadway of the A9 motorway, this Thursday, January 25, in the morning, for a rarely seen demonstration of force: "It’s an unprecedented mobilization reflecting our dismay with more than 1,000 farmers and between 600 and 700 tractors", confides David Sève.

At 7:45 a.m., the first convoy from Petite Camargue of around ten tractors arrived at Km Delta, preceded by a gendarmerie car with its flashing lights on. nbsp;Florian, determined, is one of them, to mobilize “against taxes on non-road diesel, the price of which has tripled in fifteen years. The State can intervene on taxes quickly."

Determined to last

Many demonstrators mentioned Friday's government announcements this Thursday, without really believing in a favorable and rapid outcome to their fight against too many standards, on prices which do not do not allow us to live decently. Gard farmers are ready to block their highway for the long term.