a blockage disrupts traffic on the A62 between Agen and Montauban

The action began in the middle of the afternoon. Farmers blocked the A62 motorway on Tuesday February 20, where traffic has been interrupted since 6 p.m. over approximately 70 km between Agen and Montauban, Vinci Autoroutes announced. “The situation could continue,” specifies in a press release the manager of this axis linking Bordeaux to Toulouse. From the end of the afternoon, the Lot-et-Garonnes prefecture called on motorists to exercise caution.

This action by farmers comes four days before the opening of the Agricultural Show and a month after a vast movement of anger among farmers caused the blocking of numerous roads.

The Prime Minister speaks on Wednesday on the agricultural crisis

At the end of January, the Lot-et-Garonne Rural Coordination had already blocked the A62 near Agen for almost a week, before breaking camp to improvise a convoy towards the Rungis market, south of Paris .

The government tried at the end of January to appease farmers with a series of announcements, but actions are increasing on the ground to obtain the first results before the opening of the Agricultural Show.

Prime Minister Gabriel Attal is due to devote a press conference on Wednesday morning to the agricultural crisis. On Monday, new strike operations by farmers took place in Marseille, in Bouches-du-Rhône. The demonstrators were once again demanding fair remuneration based on their production costs and fewer standards.