Marc Fesneau announces “additional measures” “from Tuesday”

The Minister of the Interior held a security meeting this morning in anticipation of the threats of blockades of Paris planned by farmers from this evening, BFMTV learned from his entourage.

He instructed the combined services to deploy a significant defensive system in order to prevent any blockage of Rungis and the Île de France airports and to prevent and then prohibit any entry into Paris.

It was recalled that the police must act with great moderation, only intervening as a last resort and in the only case where the integrity of people is threatened or public or private buildings/property exposed to serious damage (for example actions targeting foreign trucks).

“No one in the government has proposed anything,” says Marc Fesneau while Jérôme Bayle explained that he “refused a position against his silence” before the start of the farmers’ movement.

“It is an act which, in the end, mainly penalizes Parisians. Blocking the whole of Ile-de-France, I am not sure that it will serve the interests of farmers,” declared Marc Fesneau at subject of the “siege” of Paris announced by unions in the Paris area.

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The Minister of Agriculture Marc Fesneau announces that “complementary measures, either at European or national level”, will be announced “from Tuesday” to respond to the anger of farmers.

“We must “stop explaining that our farmers are enemies of the environment,” insists Gabriel Attal.

“Most often, they protect the environment. They help maintain land that is not concreted,” he says.

“I announced the first measures which led some to stop their mobilization. But I know very well that we have not yet responded to what constitutes the discomfort of our farmers,” recognizes Gabriel Attal.

We must “get away from standards, obstacles, procedures that have piled up one after the other in recent decades,” declared Gabriel Attal from La Riche, in Indre-et-Loire.

“I have asked in all the departments of France that the prefects bring together farmers to look at standard after standard what can be simplified,” declared Gabriel Attal from La Riche, in Indre-et-Loire.

“It has already started in a certain number of departments, in Haute-Garonne where I was on Friday,” he said.

Marc Fesneau wants to “strengthen controls” and analyze “the distortions that may exist with other European countries” to fight against the unfair competition denounced by Gabriel Attal during his trip.

Farmers who are members of the FNSEA and Young Farmers of the Greater Paris Basin unions announce action “for an indefinite period” to block Paris.

This is how they plan to blockade the capital.

Farmers from Gard who have been blocking the A9 motorway near Nîmes since Thursday morning are demanding “the arrival of the Minister of Agriculture with concrete announcements”, failing which they will not lift their blockade, their representative declared on Sunday.

Gabriel Attal left the farm. He goes to the town of La Riche, to attend the wishes of MP Fabienne Colboc.

Gabriel Attal recognizes an “enforcement issue” of the Egalim law aimed at protecting farmers’ remuneration.

“We must apply it,” his interlocutors ask him.

Gabriel Attal says he is considering “additional” measures against “unfair competition” from other countries.

“It is not normal that you are prevented from using certain products and that neighboring countries use them and that it (the goods) then arrives here,” he declared.

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Gabriel Attal says he does not want “a ban without a solution”, citing the example of the re-authorization of neonicotinoids on beets.

“I am aware of the contradictory injunctions,” declares Gabriel Attal during an exchange with farmers in Indre-et-Loire.

“On the one hand, we say ‘we have to provide quality’, on the other, we say ‘we have to keep prices down’,” he admitted.

“The challenge is to get out of these contradictory injunctions because we need our farmers,” said the head of government.

Gabriel Attal exchanges farmers. “We have pressure (…) I have been a farmer for 25 years, I have never encountered the problems I have today,” explains a farmer.

“We’ve been saying things are bad for a long time. Farmers no longer understand where we want to take them,” says another farmer.

Gabriel Attal arrives at a market garden in Parçay-Meslay, in Indre-et-Loire. The latter is held by the vice-president of the FDSEA of the department.

The Prime Minister was initially scheduled to visit a cattle farm.

The president of the Young Farmers of Île-de-France evokes “seven blocking points” to carry out the “siege” of Paris on Monday.

“Following the shutdown of demonstration points obstructing traffic, a large number of motorway sectors were able to be reopened overnight,” indicates X Vinci Autoroutes on its account.

While unions are calling to “lay siege to Paris”, “we will be careful to ensure that this freedom of movement is not hampered in the long term”, indicates the spokesperson for Renaissance deputies Maud Bregeon on France info.

Asked about the tolerance requested from the police towards farmers, the MP for Hauts-de-Seine underlines that “the vast majority of demonstrations are non-violent”.

Asked about European legislation on the environment, the Minister of Ecological Transition Christophe Béchu assures the JDD that “preserving our biodiversity means protecting our farmers”.

The law on the restoration of nature, which must be approved by the European Parliament, “will have no impact on the surface of agricultural land”, wants to reassure the minister.

The president of the Republicans (LR) Éric Ciotti pleads for a minimum income of 1,500 euros net monthly for farmers and believes on Sunday, in an interview with JDD, that the government’s responses to their anger are “ridiculously weak”.

“We must put in place a financial support system for farmers who live below the poverty line. No farmer should earn less than 1,500 euros net per month,” says Eric Ciotti.

“The farmers’ fight is that of a France of common sense and work which must not disappear,” he adds.

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On the ground, the situation has seen a clear tendency towards calm since Saturday and traffic has resumed on a certain number of roads, such as on the A6 in Saône-et-Loire, the A51 in the Alpes-de -Haute-Provence or the A64 near Toulouse.

Séverin Sergent, member of the Young Farmers of Eure-et-Loir, announces on BFMTV a “black week” in Paris.

The FNSEA and Young Farmers of the Greater Paris Basin network announced a “siege” of the capital from Monday.

“From Monday January 29 at 2 p.m. farmers from the departments: Aisne, Aube, Eure, Eure & Loir, Ille-de-France, Marne, Nord, Oise, Pas -de-Calais, Seine & Marne, Seine-Maritime and Somme, members of the FNSEA network and Young Farmers of the Greater Paris Basin are beginning a siege of the capital for an indefinite period”, promise the two unions, which represent the majority of the profession at the national level.

“All the heavy roads leading to the capital will be occupied by farmers,” they add in a brief text.

While the Prime Minister announced several support measures for farmers on Friday evening, the mobilization is continuing partially this weekend, a sign that these announcements have not fully convinced.

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The head of government Gabriel Attal is expected this morning around 10:15 a.m. at a farm in Indre-et-Loire, two days after his announcements which did not convince the main unions, FNSEA in the lead.

Read more information on Gabriel Attal’s trip here.

Despite Gabriel Attal’s announcements, many farmers intend to continue their mobilization, at the call of the main unions. This could take another form and move towards the capital.

Read our article on the rest of the movement here.

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This morning, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal is due to visit a farm in Indre-et-Loire. If there are fewer blockages in the country, unions in the Paris area are preparing the “siege” of the capital.