The announced blockade of Île-de-France is highly symbolic. So much so that strategies are already being put in place, ahead of the resurgence of mobilization and before Gabriel Attal’s visit to Indre-et-Loire on Sunday morning.
This morning, the president of the Young Farmers mentioned “seven blockade points.”
“On Monday, January 29 at 2pm, farmers from the departments: Aisne, Aube, Eure, Eure & Loir, Île-de-France, Marne, Nord, Oise, Pas-de-Calais, Seine & Marne, Seine-Maritime and Somme, members of the FNSEA and Young Farmers of the Greater Paris Basin will begin a siege of the capital for an indefinite period,” wrote the two unions in a statement on Saturday evening, representing the majority of the profession at the national level.
“All major roads leading to the capital will be occupied by farmers,” they added in the brief text.
“I think there will be a delegation of Meuse tractors coming up,” says William Douxdoux, from the Meuse Young Farmers. “We are wondering if we should go up a bit later in the week to relieve potential people already there.”
A similar strategy seems to be developing in the northern part of the country. “The departments will take turns,” and “tractors from different departments will take turns to travel to Paris,” explained Lucie Delbarre, secretary general of the Pas-de-Calais FDSEA, also anticipating a blockade of the A16 on Monday south of Boulogne-sur-Mer.
The Rural Coordination of Lot-et-Garonne plans to “go to Paris” to “block” the Rungis market.
