The last two blockades of the Peasant Confederation, including that of the Saint-Quentin-Fallavier (Isère) toll on the A43, were on Saturday in the process of being lifted by the police, we learned from of the prefecture and the agricultural union.
The demonstrators are in the process of evacuating the premises, there was a dialogue between demonstrators and the police. Everything takes place in consultation, the Isre prefecture told AFP about the A43 page, occupied since Tuesday. Cleaning operations will be able to begin, according to the same source.
The demonstrators present on site will try to go out with dignity and singing, said Isabelle Douillon, a farmer from the Rhne. Around fifty gendarmes are on site, everything is happening calmly and serenely. We’re going to leave the place clear.
We resisted as best we could, we are the only ones who called to continue the fight
We resisted as best we could, we are the only ones who called to continue the fight, she added, while the deployment of 1000 hives was initially planned there on Monday. Around 80 farmers who had been blocking the Leclerc purchasing center for the far west of France, Saint-Etienne-de-Montluc (Loire-Atlantique), since Monday evening, were also in the process of being evacuated.
We are being evacuated by the police, who came with great resources. We get dislodged even though we were completely peacefuldeplores Jean-Franois Guitton, general secretary of the Confédération paysanne in Loire-Atlantique, specifying that there is no trace of our passage left, we leave the place untouched.
They demand an identity check of all the people present, this has not been done on any other blockade, he also assures, being surprised to receive treatment different from what was done on others. other blockages.
The A43 and Sca West roadblocks were the last two held by the Confdération paysanne, according to a spokesperson for the agricultural union. The latter had called continue the mobilization this weekend and next week to denounce the government’s agricultural policy.