Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Agricultural crisis. Farmers resume their blockages – Ouest-France

Action farmers in Carrefour Quimper

The three inputs of the sign Quimper Carrefour are blocked since 9:00 Tuesday morning.

The hypermarket is not closed . Farmers are angry about the parking.

The consumer can go shopping on foot … for now.

Location to go here

Farmers outside the town hall of Saint-Lô

After three days of pause, the farmers’ movement continues in the Channel. This Tuesday, February 2, the JA and FDSEA union decided to conduct an action in the prefecture of Saint-Lô, at around 11 am 30. Since 10:00, agricultural machinery begin to gather in several distinct areas: the area Ronchettes, Tessy of the road, Hébécrevon, the roundabout on the outskirts of Saint-Georges-Montcocq …

About 500 tractors Boulogne-sur-Mer

About 500 tractors are present on Tuesday at Boulogne-sur-Mer (Pas-de-Calais), said the prefecture, “unheard of” by Departmental Federation of Farmers’ Unions (FDSEA).

“500 tractors Boulogne-sur-Mer, it’s unheard of. The mobilization is extremely strong, some farmers have 50 km tractor to come here “, told AFP Pascal Dumoutier in charge of livestock to the FDSEA of the department, in the pouring rain before the sub-prefecture.

“Counting the farmers came by car, you reach 1000, is colossal” , has satisfied the union. Around noon, it was very difficult to move around the city, the first French fishing port, due to the numerous traffic jams that paralyzed traffic.

At noon, a delegation of unions representing the FDSEA, the Young Farmers (JA) and the ADPL (milk producers) had to meet the prefect Fabienne Buccio. At 13 h 00, all tractors should surround the old town of Boulogne-sur-Mer, overlooking the entire lower part of the port city.

The prefecture has confirmed the presence of 485 tractors, stressing that the operation took place “peacefully” .

Lockups 200 farmers in Chartres

Sixty tractors and about 200 farmers blocked since Tuesday morning accesses the administrative city and the prefecture Chartres.

Since 7 am 00, the appeal of the FDSEA of Eure-et-Loir and Young Farmers (JA), the protesters surrounded the administrative buildings and block access to employees.

After having locked the doors of the main administrations, they spilled straw bales, tires, pallets and agricultural products to the barriers installed by the security forces.

A meeting between representatives of agricultural unions and the prefect should take place in the day.

For the call of Young Farmers, a hundred producers with 35 tractors protested without incident on the road between Orléans and Montargis before dispersing peacefully mid morning.

Sixty tractors block the access of the  Prefecture and administrative center at Chartres.
Sixty tractors block the access of the prefecture and administrative center in Chartres. | Photo: AFP

snail Operations in Arles

Around Arles, farmers in the JA and FDSEA of Bouches-du-Rhône also perform Snail several operations or blocking several kilometers sparking plugs, said Serge Mistral, the FDSEA 13.

Some 100-200 farmers and twenty tractors participating in an operation “toll free” on the A54 towards Nimes, says Mistral.

Around 10 h 00, the regional road information center was within a snail on the operation of N572 ‘Aimargues to Arles (2 km from cap) and close the N113 in the direction east-west (in Salon-de-Provence to Montpellier, 6 km cap).

The events also cause disturbances on the A54 motorway, the traffic was stopped in both directions between Arles and Nimes, according to a press Vinci Autoroutes.

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