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Farmers’ protests: will anger spread?
Farmers have stepped up their actions in recent days to express their anger. The A64 motorway was notably blocked in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) on Saturday January 20. Emmanuel Macron asked the prefect to meet the demonstrators this weekend. – (France 2)
Farmers have stepped up their actions in recent days to express their anger. The A64 motorway was notably blocked in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) on Saturday January 20. Emmanuel Macron asked the prefect to meet the demonstrators this weekend.
Dozens of tractors block the A64 motorway between Toulouse and Bayonne in Haute-Garonne on Saturday January 20. According to the demonstrators, agricultural resistance is being organized with straw walls across the road. The dismay can be seen on the faces of the farmers. Some slept there, despite the cold, to make themselves heard. According to Jérôme Bayle, cattle farmer in Montesquieu-Volvestre (Haute-Garonne), the movement is here to stay.
A green vest movement?
All share the feeling of a strangulation of the profession, linked to the increase in the price of diesel and charges. They also regret too many taxes. Another blockage also takes place on a departmental road in Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées). The executive is worried about a movement that could extend beyond Occitania, as with the yellow vests. Emmanuel Macron asked the prefect to meet the demonstrators this weekend.
