Breeders spend dams for targeted measures – France Info

The farmers have gradually lifted the roadblocks on Thursday night to make way for more targeted actions on corporate or professional installations. Politically, Hollande wished regain control by putting pressure on intermediaries.

The mobilization of farmers has changed shape Thursday from roadblocks to targeted actions. But farmers who blocked the approaches to Lyon on Thursday morning warned: they will “ keep the pressure all summer ” to obtain guarantees on prices, following the announcement of a of government bailout unsatisfactory. “ Starting today, we are under surveillance signs ,” added the president of the FNSEA, Xavier Beulin, that 10,000 to 15,000 farmers were mobilized.

punch Actions

In fact, roadblocks have gradually given way to punch action targeting manufacturers or distributors, such as dairies in Loire-Atlantique or a Leclerc hypermarket in the north. Milk producers of Nord / Pas-de-Calais began Thursday night blocking three milk processing sites. Forty and a hundred farmers were blocking respectively the dairy plant Novandie in Vieil-Moutier (Pas-de-Calais) and the cooperative farm of Prosperity Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise. In the North, from the Danone factory Bailleul were blocked from 21:30. From 100 to 200 farmers, according to the North Prefecture and FDSEA, gathered outside the factory, without incident.

Dams raised

In Lozère, dam filtering was established on the A75 motorway. Motorists were redirected to the Lozère area where farmers were distributing leaflets and branded milk “fair”. Dams have, however, been raised around Lyon and on major bridges over the Seine in Seine-Maritime. Some will, however, kept all night, and south of Clermont-Ferrand, or Nevers. Similarly in Britain on the deck of Morlaix, where 250-300 pig farmers, cattle and dairy farmers were demonstrating. In general, farmers have decided not to disturb the great crossover weekends of summer. The Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, a “ welcomed ” a “ responsible behavior “.

Round Table on Milk

On the political front, Hollande attacked the intermediaries held responsible for the blocking of agricultural prices, without naming them. In Dijon, the president wanted to put pressure on distributors, packers and processors. He met with union representatives of Côte d’Or. The Agriculture Minister Stephane Le Foll must meet this Friday a round table in the dairy sector to work on the burdens on farms. The Minister received a European Council devoted to farming crisis in September.

The line is her silence, Nicolas Sarkozy saying the government plan of 600 million euros “ was not at the height of the crisis “. Marine Le Pen described the announcements of the executive “ empty incantations .”