The troops of the Rural Coordination of Lot-et-Garonne (CR47) unblocked the commercial port of Bordeaux as planned on Friday morning, November 22, to return to Agen, where the president of the FNSEA, a rival union, is expected to spend some time . congress. José Pérez, co-president of CR47, announced the lifting of the blockade on Thursday afternoon, explaining that the Prime Minister had responded to demands regarding the “overtransposition” rules imposed by the European Union, which would penalize certain agricultural sectors.
“He said that the farmers were right and that he was going to look for overtransposition by overtransposition”Perez repeated Friday morning. “If he did, we had agreed to leave the place and, in any case, we would have been forcibly evicted this morning,” the regional prefect told us yesterday. “We don’t want to give them this honor, so we leave with our heads held high.”he added.
“The war is far from won”
The blockade of the port of Bordeaux, the seventh in the country for freight traffic, which began on Wednesday afternoon, was the last major action carried out this week. CR47 wanted to denounce the importation of foreign cereals, subject to different regulations than those in force in France. But the port authorities have expressed their “incomprehension”stating that “Bordeaux is a cereal export port at the service of the regional agricultural sector” and that he “do not import cereals”.
On Friday morning, the Landes Rural Coordination also unblocked a Leclerc purchasing center in Mont-de-Marsan after “an agreement with the prefect”according to its president Vincent Coco. Three other mass distribution platforms remain blocked in Charente and other actions are planned for Friday in Lot-et-Garonne.
“The war is far from won, we want actions now, not words, we are not going to give up. Starting Monday we will call the Prime Minister.”concluded Pérez from CR47 before taking the Agen road.
The National Congress of Vegetable Producers will be held on Friday at the city’s fairgrounds, where Arnaud Rousseau, president of the FNSEA, a rival union of the Rural Coordination (CR), is expected. Activists and tractors from CR47, previously returned from Bordeaux, set up shop near the site.
On Thursday night, in a press release, the FDSEA47 accused the Rural Coordination, with text messages of support, of wanting to disrupt the event. “We are not here to fight between farmers”Jean-Pierre Labeau, cereal producer and delegate of CR47, told Agence France-Presse on Friday morning. “Mr. Rousseau, we have things to tell you, but [les] I’ll tell you somewhere else, maybe this isn’t the place. »
“It is likely that an action will make access to the National Vegetable Congress difficult”the prefecture of Lot-et-Garonne reported seriously in a press release.
