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Anger of farmers: half-hearted lifting of dams
Anger of farmers: half-hearted lifting of dams – (France 2)
After the unions’ request, the farmers lifted the blockades on Friday February 2. Some are waiting to see if government announcements will be followed by effects.
Throughout Île-de-France, and on most of the country’s main roads, farmers’ blockades were lifted on Friday February 2, following a decision by the unions the day before. Yet some protesters remain skeptical. “We all have the same feeling that it was a lot of effort for not much.“, indicates Laurent Buclon, farmer. Despite this mixed victory, many farmers have to return.
Peasant Confederation still mobilized
A breeder warns that he will closely monitor the application of the announcements. “If necessary, obviously we will be heard again. There is a stage point which is the Agricultural Show“, says Clément Moret, farmer. Another hopes that this mobilization will bear fruit. The Confédération paysanne union is not releasing the pressure and is maintaining blocking points on Friday evening. “It’s not patches that we need, it’s a change of system“, explains Stéphan Elzière, Confédération paysanne member.
