PARIS (Reuters) – The branches of the FNSEA and Young Farmers in the Paris region and the north of France called on Saturday for a “siege” of Paris from Monday “for an indefinite period” despite the Prime Minister’s announcements , Gabriel Attal, intended to appease the anger of the peasant world.
“All the heavy axes leading to the capital will be occupied by farmers” from Monday at 2:00 p.m., write in a press release the two organizations representing farmers from Ile-de-France, Hauts-de-France, Aube, Eure, Eure-et-Loir, 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 emergency aid and the cancellation of the increase in the tax on non-road diesel (GNR).
Blockades using tractors on many roads were nevertheless lifted on Saturday, or were to be lifted on Sunday, but only pending further mobilizations from Monday.
The Young Farmers union, at the national level, announced on Saturday new actions next week, including a “blockade” of Paris from Sunday evening.
“The Prime Minister has not heard our requests. Certainly, he provides answers, but they are not to the right extent (…). We have decided to change our method and therefore to 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, if necessary, we hold out as long as necessary, in any case for the whole of next week,” he added.
(Written by Benjamin Mallet and Bertrand Boucey)
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