The farmers’ blockades have been gradually lifted since Thursday February 1, after the call from the majority unions FNSEA and Young Farmers to suspend the blockades of the roads in France. The unions, however, promised to remain vigilant on the application of new measures announced shortly before by Prime Minister Gabriel Attal. The Peasant Confederation, for its part, ensures that it “remain mobilized”. Update on roadblocks lifted or maintained.
Auvergne Rhône-Alpes
On the A6, the demonstrators left the blockage point at the Villefranche/Limas tollbooth. The highway is reopened in the North-South direction. On the A89, the blockage was also lifted at La Tour-de-Salvany.
On these two highways, traffic will fully resume once cleaning operations have been carried out. On the A7/M7, traffic remains interrupted at Oullins-Pierre-Bénite.
In IsèresOn the A43, the Saint-Quentin-Fallavier dam is maintained. That of Chasse-sur-Rhône on the A7 also remains in place. On the A7, traffic remains blocked near Seyssuel – Vienne in both directions while the road is repaired.
In Grenoble, farmers installed on the A480 motorway under the Catania bridge are leaving the site this Friday morning. The blockade at the junction of the A43 and A48 motorways in Bourgoin-Jallieu, east of Lyon, will be lifted.
In the DromesOn the A7, the three blockades held by agricultural unions, at the Gournier roundabout in Montélimar and on the Lacra in Bourg-de-Péage, will be lifted “at noon at the latest”, assures the FDSEA.
Two other blocking points in the department do not depend on the unions, in Donzère and Albon. In Donzère, the group of farmers who have been blocking access to the Intermarché base for nine days will make their decision this Friday at the end of the morning.
On the A7, in Albon, the farmers who started ten days ago decided at a general assembly on Thursday evening to stay. They are waiting for actions and “writings on income”, explains a farmer, Laurent Guironnet, to France Bleu Dôme Ardèche.
In the Puy de DomesThe A71, near Clermont-Ferrand, was still blocked Thursday evening. The farmers have decided to spend at least one more night there before deciding whether to lift the dam which will take place during the day on Friday. They wanted more details on the government’s measures.
In L’Allier, several blockades were lifted on Thursday afternoon, near Montluçon, Toulon-sur-Allier and Lapalisse. That of Dompierre was lifted in the evening. The blockade in Montmarault will be lifted this Friday morning. Traffic on the A71 and A79 will return to normal.
In the CantalsOn the A75, farmers have lifted the blockade near Saint-Flour. The highway will not be completely freed until Friday afternoon.
Brittany
In Ille-et-Vilainethere Rennes ring road was completely reopened Thursday evening. In the FinistèreLThe Pleyben and Ploudaniel dams will be lifted this Friday during the day.
Burgundy Franche-Comté
In Golden CoastLThe filter dam installed in Saulieu was lifted Thursday evening. Due to the installation of a blockade on the A31 near the Til-Chatel diffuser, traffic is prohibited in both directions of traffic on the A31 motorway between the Arc-Sur diffuser n°4 -Tille and the administrative boundary of Haute-Marne and Côte-d’Or. In Pouilly-en-Auxois, traffic remains prohibited in both directions on the A6 between Bierre-lès-Semur and the geographical limit of the Saône et Loire.
Around Beaune, a blockage point is in place on the A6 motorway between the Beaune Sud interchange and the A31/A36 diffuser. Traffic is prohibited on the A6 motorway in both directions between the limit of Saône-et-Loire and Côte-d’Or and the Bierre-Les-Semur diffuser. The A6 is also closed between Mâcon-Sud and the Côte-d’Or department. Traffic is prohibited on the A31 in the Nancy-Beaune direction and on the A36 in the Besançon-Beaune direction.
Center Val-de-Loire
In Eure-et-LoirLThe A11 motorway is closed between Thivars and Chartres-Est in both directions, the exit is compulsory at Chartres-Est and Thivars. Traffic on the RN154 near the town of Serazereux is interrupted. In the LoiretLTraffic is reopened on all Loire bridges, in both directions.
Great East
In the Haut-RhinjThursday evening, the A36 motorway was still impassable. 300 tractors spent the night on the highway near Ottmarsheim, near the German border. They had been there since Thursday 2 p.m. The blockade will be lifted on Friday noon. In Meurthe-et-MoselleLFarmers will have lifted the blockades by Friday.
In the VosgesLThe blockades were lifted Thursday evening. Portions of motorways have been cut since Tuesday, on the A31, the A33, the RN 52 in Meurthe-et-Moselle and on the RN 57 in the Vosges. In L’Dawnhas Troyes, access to the city center was disrupted Thursday evening. Angry farmers dumped trailers of waste, tires, slurry, bales of straw, even beets, stones, in front of the prefecture.
Hauts-de-France
In L’OiseLThe A1 motorway remains open between interchanges no. 11 (Ressons-sur-Matz) and no. 8 (Chamant, Chamant-Senlis toll), and remains closed between interchanges no. 8 (Chamant, Chamant-Senlis toll) and n°6 with the Francilienne – N104 (in Val-d’Oise). The A16 is open again between interchanges no. 11 (L’Isle-Adam, in Val-d’Oise) and no. 13 (Méru), and remains closed between interchanges no. 13 (Méru) and no. °16 (Hardivillers).
Ile-de-France
Thursday evening, seven motorways in Ile-de-France were still partially blocked, on the A1, A4, A5a, A6, A10, A13 and A16. The A1 towards Paris between Senlis (60) and Roissy-en-France. The A1 towards the province near the town of Épiais-lès-Louvres. The A5a towards Paris between Réau and Moissy-Cramayel. The A5a towards the province at Moissy-Cramayel. The A6 towards Paris between Savigny-sur-Orge and Wissous.
The A10 in both directions between Dourdan (interchange no. 10) and Marcousis (N104). The A13 in both directions between Mantes Est (interchange no. 11) and Flins (interchange no. 9). The A15 towards Paris near Argenteuil (exit no. 2 “Argenteuil-centre” required).
In Essonnethe farmers’ blockade on the A6 motorway near Chilly-Mazarin, deployed on Tuesday, will be lifted on Friday morning, franceinfo learned on Thursday from FDSEA farmers present on site.
Normandy
The dams in place on the A13 near Gaillon (Eure) and Epône (Yvelines) in theEure and the Yvelines as well as the one set up on the A150 at La Vaupalière, north of Rouen, towards Le Havre, are maintained, despite the call from the FNSEA and the JA to suspend the roadblocks. The FDSEA of Eure is “awaiting a written note” on the announcements made by the government.
In the Sleeve, farmers put an end to the blockade of the A84 motorway, south of Avranches, as well as the blockade of a roundabout in Granville on Thursday afternoon. The demonstrators also put an end to the blockades at the Lactalis factory in Isigny-le-Buat in the south of the Channel as well as the road blockade carried out in Yquelon, at the entrance to Granville at the start of the afternoon, after a snail operation Thursday morning from Marcey-les-Grèves.
In Seine-Maritime, in Rouen, the FNSEA76 and the JA 76 have a meeting on Friday with the prefect of Seine-Maritime. They will go by tractor to the prefecture at the end of the day.
New Aquitaine
In the Landes, the blockade of Scalandes, in Mont-de-Marsan, was lifted on Thursday evening. For three days, tractors have been preventing heavy goods vehicles from accessing the Mont-de-Marsan purchasing center which guarantees supplies to Leclerc stores in the region.
In the Dig, in Guéret, the blockade on the N145 will be lifted this Friday. The FDSEA 23 does not rule out returning to it “if ad analysis” not suitable for farmers “and we realize it’s a bluff”, warns union president Christian Arvis to France Bleu Creuse.
In Corrèze, on the A20, the blockade of FDSEA and JA farmers was still in place Thursday evening. They will decide on Friday at 11 a.m. on the continuation of the mobilization.
In Haute-Vienne, the interdepartmental event of the FNSEA and Young Farmers scheduled for this Friday in Limoges is canceled. A meal is organized at 12 p.m. in the parking lot of the chamber of agriculture in Panazol. The president of the Young Farmers of Haute-Vienne will participate in this meeting. In the Hautes-PyrénéesFDSEA 65 calls on farmers to “suspend the axle locks”.
Occitanie
In Haute-Garonne, demonstrators announced the lifting of the blockade on the A68 at Garidech at the end of the day Thursday. In the Batchthe blockade at the A20 motorway roundabout in Souillac has been lifted.
In the Tarn-et-Garonne, the blockages on the A20 and the A62 have been lifted. The highways will be able to reopen to traffic early Friday afternoon. For ten days, the A20 had been blocked between the north of Montauban and Caussade. And the A62 was impassable between Castelsarrasin and Agen.
In the Eastern Pyreneesthe A9 is reopened at the Spanish border in the Spain/France direction.
Pays de la Loire
In Loire Atlantique, the Cheviré bridge in Nantes, blocked since Tuesday, has reopened. 70 tractors blocked traffic on this major route to cross the Loire, used by 100,000 vehicles every day. The farmers left the area on Thursday evening.
In the Sarthethe farmers who were still occupying roadblocks on the highways on Thursday decided to gradually lift them. The A11 is reopened between Connerré and Le Mans towards Le Mans. The A81 is reopened between Sablé-sur-Sarthe and the A81/A11 junction at Le Mans in both directions.
In MayenneLhe FDSEA announced that it will lift the blockages still present in the department during the night of Thursday to Friday. Several blockades were still in progress, particularly on the A81.
In the Maine-et-Loirethere Traffic was almost completely restored Thursday evening on the roads blocked in recent days. Only two exits remained closed on Thursday evening on the A11, at Seiches and Beaucouzé, while they were restored to a safe condition to accommodate automobiles.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
In the Bouches-du-Rhône,mDespite the call from the FNSEA and the JA, certain mobilizations continue on Friday in Provence. A filter dam will be set up in Miramas early in the morning, near the Clésud activity zone. It is expected to last until the end of the day, with possible disruptions on the N569.
On the A51, in the Aix-en-Provence sector, the A51 remains blocked in both directions at the junction with the A8. The A51 is also closed in the Marseille-Gap direction at the ramp to the A8: all vehicles are diverted to the A8 towards Nice. In the Alpes de Haute ProvenceLThe A51 is reopened between Sisteron and La Saulce (Hautes-Alpes) in both directions of traffic.