Its prime minister of FranceGabriel Atal, stated that additional measures are being planned to protect the country's agricultural sector, as well Paris is under threat of siege by angry ones farmers who consider the first measures announced by the French government insufficient.
“I want things to be clarified and to see what measures we can take, additional measures, for these stories of unfair competition…it is not normal that you cannot use certain products, while neighboring countries, Italy and others, can”said Gabriel Atal during his visit today to a farm south of Paris where he heard protests over a series of issues causing the crisis in the agricultural sector: Falling incomes, low pensions, bureaucracy, overabundance of laws and regulations, competition from abroad.
The visit of the French prime minister comes at a time when the situation is in danger of worsening, after a temporary respite from the agricultural mobilizations. The farmers of the two main agricultural unions are threatening an indefinite siege of the French capital. “From Monday, January 29 at 2 p.m., all roads leading to the capital will be occupied by farmers”according to their announcement.
However, the course and form of the rural mobilizations at the national level have not been decided.
Today, many important roads remain blockeddespite de-escalation, in Brittany (north) and Gard (south).
The French farmers' anger comes in the wake of German farmers' demonstrations in late December against the tax on agricultural diesel decided by Olaf Solz's government.
Source: News Beast
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