This is one of the demands of certain farmers and breeders who have been mobilizing in France for several days. Emmanuel Macron announced that he wanted “regulate” the arrival “from a poultry which was much cheaper coming from Ukraine”. Professionals in the sector denounce unfair competition from products which are not subject to the same health and environmental rules. Follow our live stream.
Blocked purchasing centers and logistics platforms for mass distribution. Farmers accuse them of not always respecting the laws in order to pay producers as little as possible. Onthe Peasant Confederation demands on Tuesday the blockages of “purchasing centers and logistics platforms for mass distribution (…) in Loire-Atlantique, Rhône-Alpes and Vaucluse”.
Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau will be in Brussels this Wednesday. The government promised that “new measures” would be announced on Tuesday to calm the anger of farmers, who are demanding in particular a reduction in European constraints on their activity or the establishment of mirror clauses to impose the same requirements on imported products.
More than 200 tractors have resumed their journey towards the Rungis market. A convoy of farmers, who had stopped for the night near Limoges, set off again on Tuesday towards the Rungis market, which they intend to visit in the afternoon, at the call of the Rural Coordination. Shortly after 5:15 a.m., more than 200 tractors, of all sizes, set off on the A20 towards Paris.
Spanish farmers join the protest movement. The country’s three main unions say they will carry out a series of “mobilizations” throughout the country during the “next weeks”. They denounce difficult conditions and stifling bureaucracy generated by European regulations.
A convoy briefly blocked by the police. Shortly after 7 a.m., thehe convoy was very briefly blocked by the gendarmerie roadblock on the A20 motorway, reports France Bleu Périgord. But the angry farmers forced the slide to join smaller roads and continue their journey to the Rungis market.
Law enforcement encouraged to act with “moderation”. The government announced that 15,000 members of the police were mobilized to prevent tractors from entering “Paris and the big cities”. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin asked his troops to act with “moderation”.