Anger of farmers: it “will be much stronger”, what the “siege of Paris” could look like this Monday ?

Angry farmers in the streets of Montpellier Thursday Friday January 26. Midi Libre – JEAN-MICHEL MART

The branches of the FNSEA and Young Farmers in the Paris region and the north of France seem determined to make themselves heard on Monday January 29, in the capital.

The branches of the FNSEA and Young Farmers in the Paris region and the north of France called on Saturday for a "siege" from Paris from Monday "for an indefinite period"despite the announcements of the Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, intended to appease the anger of the peasant world. "All heavy roads leading to the capital will be occupied by farmers", from Monday at 2 p.m., the two wrote in a press release organizations representing farmers from Ile-de-France, Hauts-de-France, Aube, Eure, Eure-et-Loir, of the Marne and Seine-Maritime.

The FNSEA, the first farmers' union in France, had already called on Friday to continue the mobilization after the announcements deemed insufficient by Gabriel Attal, which combine administrative simplification measures, an acceleration of the payment of unemployment aid. emergency and the cancellation of the increase in the tax on non-road diesel (GNR).

Blocks using tractors on many roads were nevertheless lifted on Saturday, or were to be lifted on Sunday, but only pending further news mobilizations from Monday. The Young Farmers union, at the national level, announced on Saturday new actions next week, including a "blockade" from Paris from Sunday evening.

What will be put in place next week will be much finer and much stronger

"The Prime Minister has not heard our requests. Certainly, he provides answers, but they are not to the right extent (…). We decided to change method and therefore organize the blockade of Paris and the inner suburbs of Paris", declared Maxime Buizard, administrator of Young Farmers, on BFMTV. During the day of Thursday and Friday, we had around ten, a dozen blocking points around Paris (…). What will be put in place next week will be much finer and much stronger, the idea being that there is no truck that can supply the capital and that, ;#39;we have to, we'll hold on as long as necessary, in any case for the whole of next week."