Unhappy with government announcements, construction professionals, fishermen, farmers and transporters, joined by taxis, again organized filter dams on Monday, blockades of oil depots and refineries throughout France to protest against soaring prices. fuels.
The envelope of 400 million euros in aid to road hauliers and the discount of 15 cents per liter of diesel announced last week by the government were not enough to appease the anger.
Already rising steadily in recent months, the price of diesel and GNR (non-road diesel) has soared since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, increases impossible to pass on in full for professionals in these sectors. the most fuel-intensive.
South of Lyon, a dozen trucks blocked shipments from the TotalEnergies refinery in Feyzin (Rhône) all day long, at the call of the Confédération paysanne and the Rural Coordination in particular.
“We've been here since 4 a.m. to protest the skyrocketing cost of energy and animal feed, which is disproportionately high for our farms.
The 30-day deadlines are going to be very difficult”, detailed Gilles Jouve, breeder of suckler cows in Ardèche.
“A year ago, we bought a ton of corn at 200 euros.
The last order was 277 euros,” notes Manuel Arandel, from the Confédération paysanne.
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In Normandy, some 200 heavy goods vehicles were blocked near Torigny-les-Villes, at the entrance to the A84 which links Avranches to Caen.
At midday, other dams were underway near Saint-Lô, while in Seine-Maritime, between 100 and 150 fishermen blocked the commercial port of Tréport.
The protest actions also concern the north of France, with filter dams in Dourges (Pas-de-Calais) and at the Lesquin transport and logistics center (North).
Taxi drivers also joined the movement with snail operations organized in Orléans and Besançon, where some ten kilometers of traffic jams were recorded.
Near Marseille, hundreds of taxis blocked the logistics warehouses in the Miramas commercial area.
According to Yazid Ziani, a member of the National Taxi Federation, the increase in fuel prices represents a loss of 400 to 600 euros per month for taxis, “who earn an average of 2,000 euros per month”.