French farmers announced their intention to completely block Paris and three nearby departments on the night of January 29. This was reported by the BFMTV channel.
It is noted that the blockade will last at least five days.
“We decided to change our methods and organize a blockade of Paris and its “petite crown” (the departments of Haute-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and the Marne Valley in the Ile-de-France region. – Ord.). The Prime Minister did not listen to our requests. Of course, he gives answers, but they do not correspond to the demands and scale of the protest,” said a representative of the Young Farmers of Ile-de-France union. Maxime Buizardquoted by RBC.
The protesters are aiming to ensure that “not a single truck can supply the capital,” Buizard said.
“This will be… an action lasting at least five days, which will make it clear to Parisians that they need farmers to live and that the capital is not self-sufficient. She needs rural areas. We tend to forget about this from time to time, at least the Prime Minister forgot about it,” he emphasized.
To prepare for the siege of Paris, protests planned for the weekend have been cancelled, according to a farm union representative. Buizard advised the French to work remotely next week as protesters intend to blockade the capital and surrounding areas so that “no one and nothing can get into Paris or the Petit Crown.”
“I know this is particularly frustrating, but unfortunately this seems to be the only way to be heard,” Buizard concluded.
As reported EADaily, farmer protests in France continue to grow, becoming more and more extremist in nature. At the same time, observers note that representatives of more and more new branches of agriculture are joining them.
Let us remind you that mass protests by agricultural producers have been going on for about two weeks. The reason was the upcoming increase in the cost of diesel fuel, a drop in income due to the import of Ukrainian grain into the country and the complexity of bureaucratic procedures.
2024-01-27 12:45:00
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