A few hours before Prime Minister Gabriel Attal speaks, farmers are maintaining the pressure.
The A62 motorway linking Bordeaux (Gironde) to Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) is blocked between Agen (Lot-et-Garonne) and Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne) in both directions of traffic since this Tuesday at 6 p.m., indicates Vinci Autoroutes in a press release released this Tuesday evening.
The blockage continues this Wednesday morning, according to the Vinci Autoroutes real-time traffic monitoring site.
05:45 a.m.: on #A62, following a demonstration ➡️compulsory exit and prohibited entry at Agen n°7 towards Toulouse➡️Compulsory exit and prohibited entry at Montauban n°10 towards Bordeaux.
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— A62 Motorway (@A62Trafic) February 21, 2024
Consequence for motorists, you must leave the A62 with exit no. 7 in Agen when driving towards Toulouse and take exit no. 10 in Montauban when going towards Bordeaux.
“It is strongly recommended to find out about the traffic conditions in this sector,” indicates the highway manager.
The blockage extends for some 70 km.
The action began in the middle of the afternoon this Tuesday and "the situation could continue", specifies in a press release the manager of this axis linking Bordeaux to Toulouse.
A road already blocked
At the end of January, the Lot-et-Garonne Rural Coordination had already blocked the A62 near Agen for almost a week, before breaking camp to improvise a convoy towards the Rungis market, south of Paris .
According to France Bleu Occitanie, other actions are underway in Gers with several blockages this Wednesday morning.
The N124 at several levels and the N21 around Miélan are affected.
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The government tried at the end of January to appease farmers with a series of announcements, but actions are increasing on the ground to obtain the first results before the opening of the Agricultural Show.
To maintain the pressure until the end, the FNSEA and its union ally the Young Farmers (JA) have planned in Paris this Friday evening a “procession” of farmers led by a few tractors and ending in front of the doors of the Show.
A police source expects “something calm and restrained”.
A “punch” action was also carried out this Tuesday against Lactalis in Haute-Saône.
This Tuesday evening in Le Figaro, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announced the launch of a parliamentary mission on an evolution of the Egalim law so that it better takes into account the “cost of production of farmers” as well as the publication of a decree declaring all agricultural sectors “jobs in shortage” making it easier to use foreign labor.