The farmers' anger did not subside this Thursday, two weeks after their mobilization.
Their tractors continue to crisscross France, blocking certain major roads.
Still determined to carry out a
“siege of Paris”
, they surrounded the capital.
More than 90 arrests took place on Wednesday near the Rungis market.
In total, more than 80 blockages were recorded on Wednesday throughout the country, with 4,500 agricultural machines and 6,000 demonstrators.
The Franco-Belgian border targeted by farmers
Farmers in the
North
are particularly targeting trucks in circulation and are increasing checks,
"with respect for everyone but if we see things that we don't like, we will act"
, promises Christophe Catteau, a farmer in Wattrelos, to
La Voix du
Nord
.
FDSEA 59 plans this Thursday to block the A22, at the
Rekkem border post,
in
Belgium
.
Tractors will leave
Bondues
at 12 p.m. to reach the site of the blockage.
At 11:30 a.m., the A27 will also be blocked at
Baisieux
.
In the town of
Hazebrouck
, the Carrefour store should be targeted by farmers around 1:30 p.m.
They plan to enter there to carry out a check of the labels of fruits and vegetables, meats and milk.
In
Pas-de-Calais
, farmers are maintaining their dam on the A1, near
Roissy
.
9 blocking points in Île-de-France
The convoy that left Agen, which wanted to reach the Rungis market, finally turned back this Thursday morning.
Like the day before, nine blockage points remain in Île-de-France, on the A1, A4, A5a, A6, A10, A13, A15 and A16 motorways.
The
A1 motorway
towards Paris is in fact blocked at Senlis (60) and Roissy-en-France.
In the other direction, it is closed at the commune of Epiais-lès-Louvres (95).
To the east, on the
A4
towards Paris, the axis is blocked between Serris and Ferrières-en-Brie.
Same blockage towards the province.
The
A6
towards Paris is still closed between Savigny-sur-Orge and Wissous.
In Chilly-Mazarin, near Paris-Orly airport and not far from Rungis, in Essonne, a major traffic jam was already reported on the A6 from 7 a.m. Thursday morning in the direction of Lyon.
To the West, the
A13 motorway
towards Paris is blocked between Mantes Est and Flins.
Same thing in the direction of the province.
A little further south, the
A10
is also very disrupted: it is closed between Dourdan and Marcousis, in both directions.
The
A15
, to the North-West, is closed at Argenteuil in the direction of Paris.
The
A16
is also blocked in both directions between Isle-Adam (interchange no. 11) and Hardvillers (interchange no. 16).
The
A5a,
in one direction or the other, is closed between Réau and Moissy-Cramayel, in the south-east of the region.
Several tensions in the West
In
Brittany
, the mobilization continues this Thursday morning, according to information from
Télégramme
.
First in
Ille-et-Vilaine
(35) in the
Bain-de-Bretagne
sector , where the RN137 was occupied without being cut off to traffic, as well as in the
Chateaubourg
sector , where the RN157 was also occupied by some farmers.
In
Côtes d'Armor
(22), the N164 was closed in the direction
Rennes
towards
Châteaulin
near the town of
Rostrenen
, before traffic was restored.
Finally, in
Morbihan
(56), around fifteen farmers had taken over the store of the wholesaler Métro de
Lanester
.
On the
Loire-Atlantique
side , the tension does not subside this Thursday morning either.
The Cheviré bridge, the emblematic Nantes bridge blocked by farmers since Tuesday evening, was still blocked in the early morning.
And this, at least until Thursday noon, according to information from
Ouest France
.
At the same time, several operations are carried out on the ground to block certain strategic points, as is the case in
Saint-Etienne-de-Montluc
where the SCA Ouest, the Leclerc purchasing center, was occupied by demonstrators, creating initial delivery problems for surrounding hypermarkets.
South of
Nantes
and in
Vendée
, mobilization also continued in the areas of
Challans
and
Mortagne-sur-Sèvre
.
With slowdowns expected at the Boufféré
toll
, according to the local press.
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Blockages still present in the Rhône
The A6 motorway is still blocked in both directions by farmers at the Villefranche/Limas
toll
, reports
Le Progrès
.
“Users are advised to follow the following routes: A40, A42, A432, A46 in both directions, to reach Lyon, or bypass its urban area in the direction of the North or the South
,” underlines the prefecture.
The entrance to
Vienna
on the A7 motorway is also targeted by farmers this Thursday.
More original, farmers have installed a pétanque court on the A7 near
Chasse-sur-Rhône
.
On the A43, traffic is completely cut off at the
Saint-Quentin-Fallavier
toll .
Certain portions, located between
Chambéry
and
Lyon
, are also blocked.
The A89 is also occupied by farmers, between diffuser 36 (L'Arbresle) and the A89/A6 junction.
Conversely, the node of the islands, towards
Miribel-Jonage
, is left free to traffic this Thursday.
“But it is not impossible that the situation evolves
,” underlines
Le Progrès
.