The majority unions FNSEA and Young Farmers (JA) called on Thursday February 1 to suspend blockades in France. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, for his third round of announcements in a week, listed measures which according to him meet “a large part of the expectations” of farmers.
The question now is whether farmers on the ground will respond to instructions, especially since many of the demonstrators are not unionized. “The tone has changed, let’s be positive. We think that we have finally been heard,” said Michel Joux, president of the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes section of the FNSEA.