Paris is preparing for a Monday of blockades by hundreds of farmers. Several agricultural organizations have announced that they are demanding better conditions from the French government so that they no longer suffer from “unfair competition” with their Spanish or Italian neighbors Blockades for an “indefinite period” on all access roads to the capital French from 2 p.m
In response, the French Ministry of the Interior has prepared an exceptional device consisting of 15,000 police and gendarmes to protect the access roads to Paris with the aim of preventing the separation or collapse of the capital.
The farmers' approach is expected to be the same as in previous protests. This means setting up barricades using tractors and other agricultural vehicles. They also emptied trucks carrying foreign products.
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Peasant protests in France.
At least eight motorways that reach Paris (A1, A4, A5, A6, A10, A13, A15 and A16) are in the crosshairs of the National Association of Agricultural Operators Unions (FNSEA) and Young farmers (JJAA) of the Paris Region, two organizations that did not support the demobilization of part of the sector following Friday's government announcements.
“I ask for calm and determination in a week in which we will be exposed to all possible dangers,” warned the head of the FNSEA. Arnaud Rousseauwho assured that his goal was “neither violence nor provocation,” but rather to pressure the executive to improve the living conditions of farmers.
another organization Rural coordinationhas set itself a symbolic goal, namely the blockade of the Rungis international wholesale market (on the outskirts of Paris), considered the largest in the world for fresh produce.
The French executive led by newly appointed Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, who has sought to take the field alongside farmers and multiplied announcements to calm the uprising, called for a call on Sunday Crisis Cabinet to prevent chaos from ensuing in the event of a possible blockade of Paris.
The government particularly wants to protect the motorway access to the Roissy and Orly international airports from cuts and avoid cuts Rungisthe market that supplies much of the capital and its region.
For this reason, the Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmaninhas ordered the mobilization of 15,000 members of state security forces and organs to prevent “any kind of blockade” in the capital.
Darmanin made it clear on Sunday that the general slogan would be not to intervene in the blockades and made this clear An exception is the confiscation of trucks that transport foreign products.
“This is unacceptable and that is why we have given instructions to intervene and arrest when such events occur, which, although sporadic, have already taken place,” he added during the current mobilization.
So far, the executive branch has been particularly cautious about sending police officers to disperse these protests, which they say is the case peaceful However, infrastructure has already been blocked and some public buildings have been set on fire.
Under pressure, the pro-European government announced this “siege” of Paris Emmanuel Macron has supported farmers' arguments and accused EU partners such as Spain and Italy of “unfair competition”.
“We will continue to push forward the fight against unfair competition. Our farmers are subject to (plant protection) rules that other (countries) are not subject to,” criticized the French Prime Minister this Sunday. Gabriel Attal.
The head of government mentioned that at least 40% of fruit and vegetables are imported (particularly from Spain and Italy), as certain sectors represent a brake on production for France. Environmental regulations incorporated into its legislation and assured that it would propose “more measures” to its community partners to protect French food sovereignty.