“We have made the decision to continue this mobilization. » Guest of the 8 p.m. television news on TF1, Friday January 26, the president of the National Federation of Farmers’ Unions (FNSEA), Arnaud Rousseau, dashed Gabriel Attal’s hopes of quickly putting an end to the farmers’ movement. “The Prime Minister’s announcements do not answer all of the questions we ask ourselves”justified the head of the first agricultural union, believing that the government’s measures “don’t calm your anger, you have to go further.”
Mr. Rousseau says he is available to discuss, from Saturday morning, with Mr. Attal. Just like the president of the Young Farmers (JA), Arnaud Gaillot, who in turn launched, Friday evening: “The watchword is to continue the mobilization. »
Same message from the spokesperson for the Peasant Confederation, Laurence Marandola. “It’s not necessarily roadblocks, there will be different forms of mobilization, on the road, on roundabouts, in front of supermarkets, inventive ways of telling the government that it is very largely insufficient. »
The Prime Minister had, however, won a symbolic victory a little earlier: Jérôme Bayle, the farmer from Haute-Garonne who greatly contributed to launching the protest movement by blocking the A64 motorway in Carbonne (Haute-Garonne) on the 18th. January, announced that this historic blockade would be lifted by Saturday noon. And other groups of protesters had already decided to break camp, notably in Gironde, Hérault, Rhône and Sarthe.
In Gard, winegrowers say they are “extremely disappointed”
“With his announcements, the Prime Minister finally succeeded in removing a barrier. But in France, there are more than a hundred”recalled Arnaud Rousseau on TF1.
Others, in fact, continue the fight. Jérémy Choquet, secretary general of the JA in Brittany, compiled the feedback from the field on Friday evening. Barriers will be lifted on a case-by-case basis for the weekend in order to “to rest the troops”. In Côtes-d’Armor and Finistère, however, tractors should remain on busy roads. “Nothing is over, the fight will continue. We will therefore organize new actions next week”assures Mr. Choquet.
In Gard, where 55% of farmers are winegrowers, the demonstrators, who followed Gabriel Attal’s speech on a video projector installed in the middle of the highway, say they “extremely disappointed” by advertisements. “The Prime Minister is off topic. He talks to us about hedges, but it’s the economy that we need to act on! Why has nothing been announced for viticulture? »annoys David Sève, president of the FDSEA du Gard, who announces new “operations”.
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