An old farmer, a supporter of the movement, believes that “if we have to go back to Paris” to be “understood”, “we will go back to Paris”. David Caumette, a former farmer and owner of the cabaret “Les Folies Fermières”, believes that “if we have to go back to Paris, well then we will go back to Paris”. “We need to be understood,” he continued on BFMTV, emphasizing that the movement had started last fall.
“We do not respond to suffering by sending in the riot police”: Darmanin justifies the absence of arrests of protesters despite the offenses. “We don’t respond to suffering by sending in the riot police”. The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, shared on TF1 the “compassion” of the French in the face of the anger of farmers and justified the absence of arrests despite the crimes committed. “Do farmers have the right to demand without sending in the riot police? Yes. Do they attack law enforcement? No. There are legitimate outbursts,” said the Minister. “There is a great deal of compassion to have.” For more information, click here.
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Gabriel Attal, Marc Fesneau, and Christophe Béchu will visit Haute-Garonne tomorrow afternoon. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau, and Minister of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion Christophe Béchu will visit Haute-Garonne tomorrow afternoon, BFMTV has learned from reliable sources.
The president of the FNSEA warns that “if we don’t get results” on emergency measures, “we will intensify the movement”. “Tonight everyone is tense,” Arnaud Rousseau, president of the FNSEA, said on BFMTV this evening that “everyone wants the Prime Minister’s announcements tomorrow to be up to the challenges”. To address the crisis shaking the agricultural world, Gabriel Attal will announce measures for farmers tomorrow in an attempt to calm their anger. “What is certain is that tomorrow evening, on emergency measures, if we don’t get results, we will intensify the movement”.
Farmers dump manure, hay, and crates in front of the Gironde prefecture. The actions are multiplying and spreading yesterday. After Agen yesterday, it is now Bordeaux that is seeing its streets traversed by tractors and agricultural machinery. Farmers dumped manure, hay, and crates in front of the Gironde prefecture before setting them on fire.
Why is GNR (non-road diesel) at the heart of anger today? Less polluting than conventional fuel oil and cheaper than a liter of regular diesel, GNR enjoys a tax exemption that the government wants to gradually eliminate.
“The insolence of the farmers pleases me”: Karine Le Marchand, host of “L’Amour est dans le pré”, expresses her support for farmers. Karine Le Marchand, the host of the show “L’Amour est dans le pré” on M6, expresses her support for farmers. “This anger does not surprise me, it pleases me,” she said to Le Parisien. In the belief that French agriculture is “dying,” Karine Le Marchand does not wish to “take center stage in this crisis.
A demonstration of farmers is planned tomorrow in Hérault with a gathering in front of the prefecture in Montpellier. The prefecture of Hérault announces a blockade tomorrow from 6:30 am at the toll booth in Saint-Jean-de-Védas, before moving to the prefecture of Montpellier between 12pm and 3pm. The prefect plans to receive a delegation of farmers before meeting with the protesters on site.
