Three environmental protection associations have been attacked by farmers in the last twenty-four hours, the France Nature Environnement (FNE) movement, which supervises them, denounced on Wednesday, November 27.
In Gap, in the High Alps, protesters boarded up the premises of the Société alpine de Protection de la Nature-FNE 05 on Wednesday, while employees and volunteers were inside, the president explained to Agence France-Presse (AFP). of the FNE. Antonio Gatet.
In La Mancha, on Tuesday, activists from the Rural Coordination threw tires and manure at the premises of the Manche Nature association in Coutances, with a sign “Leave us alone”. They also dumped dirt and manure in front of the French Biodiversity Office, in the same city, before depositing a wild boar head and skins.
Likewise, in Châteauroux, about thirty protesters waving flags of the National Federation of Farmers’ Unions (FNSEA) threw straw in front of the premises of the Indre Nature association. When the employees took refuge upstairs, the farmers riding in the tractor baskets hit the shutters and tried to lift them, according to the FNE.
The complaints were presented in both cases on Tuesday and will be presented on Thursday in relation to the events that occurred in Gap, the association’s management reported.
Violence “intolerable” for France Nature Environnement
“This violence is intolerable in a rule of law”the FNE protested in a press release. They are committed by “people and organizations that believe they are above the law and commit these acts under the union flag, under the eyes of police forces that do not intervene”the association continued.
After a first week of mobilization, dedicated mainly to opposition to the proposed free trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, the majority alliance FNSEA-Jeunes Agriculteurs launched new actions throughout France this week. These point more particularly “anything that hinders the lives of farmers”in particular administrations, including prefectures and water agencies.
“We work very well with certain agricultural unions, with certain producersdeclared Antoine Gatet. But there is another agriculture, industrial agriculture, Mercosur agriculture, against which we fight because it is putting us against a wall from an environmental and climatic point of view. » “We are the first to defend freedom of demonstration and expression, but it does not imply threats, violence or hate speech”he stressed. “Imagine three young environmental activists starting to do the same thing. “We denounce the double standards that are exercised to the detriment of environmental associations.”he added.
