They’ve been holding on for four days. Near Carbonne, approximately 45 kilometers southwest of Toulouse (Haute-Garonne), Occitan farmers installed a dam on both lanes of the A64 leading to Bayonne, causing traffic to be cut off on the motorway. . According to several participants, the movement of anger initiated by Occitan farmers could spread to other territories. A filter dam could be installed on a national road in Ariège, we learned this Sunday.
The meeting with the prefect is a flop
Saturday afternoon, the prefect of Occitanie went to the makeshift camp for a meeting lasting almost three hours. The meeting between Pierre-André Durand and five representatives of the agricultural world did not make it possible to decide on the lifting of the dam, to the “regret” of the prefect. For several months, Occitan farmers have been stepping up actions to obtain the emergency release of substantial aid from the State. They explain that they are suffering from rising fuel prices and suffering from epizootic hemorrhagic disease, which affects cattle. The A64 roadblock is “watched” by around 250 demonstrators who came with 80 tractors. Dairy farmers also gathered Thursday in front of several Lactalis sites in the West, believing that the prices offered by the milk giant are too low.
On Sunday, a new operation should be carried out in Ariège. A filter barrier must be installed on a roundabout in Tarascon-sur-Ariège at the beginning of the afternoon, warned the departmental prefecture. “Significant traffic difficulties are expected in both directions of traffic,” warns the prefect of the Pyrenees department in a press release, calling on motorists to “anticipate their trips”.
According to La Dépêche du Midiparticipants are threatening to travel to Paris to block the French capital on the occasion of the Agricultural Show which is due to start on February 24.