Véronique Le Floch, president of Rural Coordination, suggested Thursday on RMC/BFMTV to farmers “who wish to go to Paris” to “come to the National Assembly” so that the deputies “can come to meet them”, while the movement of anger in the agricultural sector is not abating.
“This is not a call for demonstrations,” highlighted the representative of the second representative agricultural union in France behind the FNSEA-Jeunes Agriculteurs alliance.
She added “no need to call” the farmers to come to Paris because “they are organizing everywhere to come and show their support for the 91” people arrested on Wednesday after an intrusion into the Rungis wholesale market. .
Among them, 79 are still in police custody this Thursday.
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Update on blockages
Paris police chief Laurent Nuñez announced that seven blockades were still in progress in Île-de-France.
On the A6, farmers have progressed to Chilly-Mazarin, a few kilometers from Rungis and Orly airport.
They approached a few meters from the police armored vehicles.
Emmanuel Macron is due to meet, this Thursday, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, at the headquarters of the European Council at 9 a.m.