A terrible accident in the middle of a day of mobilization. A farmer died in an accident on a dam near Pamiers in Ariège, Tuesday January 23, announced the public prosecutor of Foix. Her husband and daughter were injured in the accident. On the social networkPresident Emmanuel Macron deplored “a drama” Who “upset us all.” He also asked the government to be “fully mobilized” to bring “concrete answers” to farmers. Follow our live stream.
A mobilization that is gaining momentum. Several calls for demonstrations have been launched for the coming days as part of the angry farmers’ movement. Mobilizations are notably planned for Tuesday in Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin), Beauvais (Oise), Agen (Lot-et-Garonne), Bergerac (Dordogne), Poitiers (Vienne), Niort (Deux-Sèvres) Carbonne (Haute-Garonne) or even Albi (Tarn).
A proposed law from La France insoumise. The party announced that it would propose the establishment of floor prices for farmers, after the failure of the adoption by a few votes of a text containing a similar measure in the Assembly less than two months ago. “We are going to propose a law targeted solely on this article, since it was voted on by a majority”assures the rebellious MP Aurélie Trouvé.
A meeting last night in Matignon. On Monday evening, the FNSEA and the Young Farmers met Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and the Minister of Agriculture Marc Fesneau. At the end of this meeting in Matignon, the FNSEA announced that there would be no “no lifting of actions carried out on the ground” without “concrete decisions”.