Farmers: no mobilization this Thursday in Toulouse, complaints filed after the damage last Wednesday – France Bleu

Toulouse town hall announces filing several complaints after the farmers’ demonstration on Wednesday November 22 in the city center. A demonstration called by Young Farmers which caused damage. “Metropolitan technical services collected and temporarily stored 60 cubic meters of waste (tires, manure, pallets, straw, etc.).) dumped in the public space around the Administrative City.”

Thousands of euros in damage

Waste dumped in front of the Administrative City must be removed for recycling or disposal. The cost of this cleaning is estimated at 7,500 euros. Furthermore, the municipality specifies that the lawn of the Jules-Guesde alleys “was deeply damaged by the passage of an agricultural machine fitted with a harrow“Its restoration is valued at 5,500 euros.”The roots of nine plane trees were also damaged by the machine, making these trees more vulnerable to diseases, parasites and fungi.”

Farmers will not demonstrate this Thursday

Contacted by France Bleu Occitanie, FDSEA 31 and Young Farmers indicate that they will not demonstrate this Thursday. The profession had planned to come together for the COP Occitanie, an event organized at the MEET exhibition center. A delegation from FRSEA (Occitanie) obtained a meeting this Thursday with the Minister of Ecological TransitionChristophe Béchu, and the regional prefect.