The prefects of Lot-et-Garonne and the Landes, as well as the French Biodiversity Office in Creuse, filed a complaint for the damage committed during the farmers’ mobilizations the week of November 18, the institutions concerned announced on Monday, November 25. .
The procedure marks a turn by the prefect of Lot-et-Garonne, Daniel Barnier, who decided not to take legal action in February, after the actions of the Rural Coordination in Agen resulted in 400,000 euros in cleaning costs, according to the report. City hall. He then considered that the damage was not “not significant”.
monday morning, “The prefecture of Lot-et-Garonne has filed a complaint regarding the damage suffered at the DDT gates. [Direction départementale des territoires]of the DDETSPP [Direction Départementale de l’emploi, du travail, des solidarités et de la protection des Populations] and the administrative city » during the new actions carried out in Agen last week by the Rural Coordination, the prefect declared to Agence France-Presse (AFP), confirming a newspaper report Southwest.
he did it “in accordance with the instructions received from the Minister of the Interior, recommending support for demonstrations respecting freedom of demonstration, but the greatest firmness if they cause damage to property”.
In a telegram dated Saturday and consulted by AFP, the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, reminded the prefects and heads of the police and gendarmerie of his instructions to prevent these actions from being tainted by ” violence “ or give place “to prolonged blockades”.
Three investigations opened in the Landes
“I ask you from the beginning of the week to take all useful measures to enforce this framework, in particular to deter and prevent any damage to the buildings in question, and to protect the staff working in them”declares the minister in this document.
The prefecture of the Landes also confirmed to AFP the presentation of a complaint last Thursday for a fire caused the day before on the premises of the Departmental Directorate of Territories and the Sea (DDTM) during a Rural Coordination action.
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For its part, the prosecutor’s office reported on Monday night. “three investigations”entrusted to the Mont-de-Marsan police station, for “Events that occurred at the DDTM headquarters” but also in the sites of the “Agricultural social community” and the Leclerc purchasing center and storage platform “Escalandas”target of illegal dumping.
In Creuse, the French Biodiversity Office (OFB) filed two complaints following incidents also caused by the Rural Coordination on November 19 at its premises: during a union action, a door was broken and several rooms were ransacked. “There is a first complaint for damages and another for intimidation and threats”confirmed Morgan Pochoday, departmental head of the OFB. Lively exchanges between farmers and representatives of the Office also marked this action, marked by a garbage dump.
