Amid the blockade of highways demanding better working conditions, including some access to Paris, and isolated outbreaks of violence, the president mentioned in Montastruc-de-Salies an emergency aid of 50 million euros for the biological subsidiary of the field and the simplification of procedures and support.
According to Attal, severe sanctions will be imposed on three companies, which he did not specify, for violating the law protecting farmers' wages and denouncing low wages, the impact of inflation, the increase in fuel prices and competition, unfair and European environmental standards , which they describe as very strict.
He also emphasized reducing bureaucratic procedures, another demand of the protest movement, and tasked local authorities to work with the sector in this regard.
Regarding the agreement between the EU and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), he stressed that France would continue to oppose it.
Various reports indicate that in some cities, work has begun to remove the tractors blocking highways. However, it is still too early to say how farmers will react.
According to the movement, more than 70,000 people are taking part in the protests in 85 of the 96 departments of the metropolitan region, where the fire of an agricultural insurance company in the southern city of Narbonne was registered today, apparently intentionally.
The president of the National Federation of French Farmers' Unions (Fnsea), Arnaud Rousseau, previously stated that the union would respond to the prime minister's announcements at around 8:00 p.m. local time after consulting with its bases.
Rousseau insisted that the executive response must be concrete and responsive to demands, arguing that the movement would continue mobilization until necessary.
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