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Barbecue, first aid kit, livestock truck… On the A1, angry farmers prepared for the “siege of Paris”

2024-01-29T21:09:16.826Z

Highlights: On the busiest highway in Europe, near the Chennevières area, in Val-d'Oise, nearly 200 tractors left from Ois. The procession of tractors which stretches for more than a kilometer are determined not to leave the area. More than a week after the start of the uproar in the agricultural world, anger is taking root almost everywhere at the call of the three agricultural unions, the FNSEA, the Rural Coordination and the Peasant Confederation.


On the busiest highway in Europe, near the Chennevières area, in Val-d'Oise, nearly 200 tractors left from Ois


Under the harsh lights of the projector, the speaker placed on a thick bale of straw is already playing its first hits: “Paint It Black”, by the Rolling Stones, “Around the World” by Daft Punk, “Another Brick in the Wall”, by Pink Floyd... A little further on, a stock of vacuum-packed sausages is hastily stored in front of a brazier already ready to grill.

On the long wooden tables, the packs of beer are not far away and the packets of chips “made in Hauts-de-France” are passed from hand to hand.

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It's barely 7 p.m. this Monday, January 30, and the A1 motorway looks like a giant fair.

On the outskirts of the Chennevières area (Val-d'Oise), the farmers and their procession of tractors which stretches for more than a kilometer are determined not to leave the area.

More than a week after the start of the uproar in the agricultural world, anger is taking root almost everywhere at the call of the three agricultural unions, the FNSEA, the Rural Coordination and the Peasant Confederation.

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Source: leparis

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