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Anger of farmers: new announcements from the Prime Minister expected by demonstrators
Anger of farmers: new announcements from the Prime Minister expected by demonstrators – (France 2)
The new measures promised by Prime Minister Gabriel Attal during his general policy speech to the National Assembly, which will be held on the afternoon of Tuesday January 30, are eagerly awaited by angry farmers. Report on a blockage point on the A1 motorway.
On the A1 motorway, at the gates of Roissy airport (Val-d’Oise), the farmers mobilized on the morning of Tuesday January 30 at a blockage point spent a short night. Some slept in their tractors, others in their dumpsters which are usually used to transport cereals. Almost 200 tractors are mobilized at this blockage point, and as many farmers, under the discreet surveillance of the police. Everyone is eagerly awaiting the Prime Minister’s general policy speech to the National Assembly on Tuesday afternoon.
Imports of foreign products at the heart of concerns
Farmers are demanding more concrete answers than the announcements made last Friday. Imports of foreign products are still at the heart of concerns. They do not meet French standards and devalue their production, according to them. An anger understood by motorists, who nevertheless suffered slowdowns early Tuesday morning. To respond to the agricultural crisis, Gabriel Attal promises new measures Tuesday afternoon.
