French farmers' unions announced a blockade of the capital Paris this Friday if the French executive does not respond to the demands for which there have been several days of protests.
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According to the French Ministry of Agriculture, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal will appear this Friday to make announcements and “concrete proposals for simplification measures”.
The country's main agricultural trade union representative, the National Federation of Farmers' Unions (Fnsea, the French acronym), announced the violent measure after presenting a document with the demands on Wednesday.
[����En direct #OnMarcheSurLaTete] @gaillot_arnaud @JeunesAgri “A l'heure qu'il est: RIEN n'est négociable. pic.twitter.com/ugUCkWvyBk
– The FNSEA (@FNSEA)
January 25, 2024
The main demands include an emergency fund for crisis sectors, the reduction of environmental controls and an economic compensation for the increase in fuel prices.
“The mobilization of farmers is historic: more than 55,000 of us demonstrated in all parts of France! Let us continue! Let's keep pushing, the government needs a strong awareness to take measures that meet our demands,” published the head of Fnsea, Arnaud Rousseau, on his X account.
[Mobilisation des agriculteurs] #OnMarcheSurLaTete ! The resources #FNSEA et @JeunesAgri more mobile than ever before!
��+32,000 tractors and ����+55,000 farmers in action!
�� A historic mobilization! Bravo et merci: On maintient la pression! pic.twitter.com/yVQ6paIsIj– The FNSEA (@FNSEA)
January 25, 2024
The president of Jeunes Agriculteurs, Gaillot Arnaud, in turn pointed out that at the moment “the ball is in the government's court. We will see tomorrow whether it is acceptable or not.”
The blockade of the capital is called for 2 p.m. (local time) as unions insist to the executive on the need to remove obstacles so that French farmers can compete on equal terms with producers from other countries.