Farmers demonstrated in front of supermarkets on the night from Friday to Saturday, in the home stretch of trade negotiations with distributors, according to the local press.
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Slurry and tires were dumped in front of several supermarkets around Pau early Saturday morning, reports France Bleu Pyrénées-Atlantique.
Friday, south of Limoges, the Confédération paysanne, the FDSEA and the Young Farmers demonstrated in front of a Carrefour, according to France Bleu.
In Seine-Maritime, last week, members of the Young Farmers and the FDSEA deployed banners in front of several hypermarkets and supermarkets.
These actions, which are not the result of a national slogan but of local initiatives, have punctuated the life of supermarkets for several weeks.
The 2020-21 edition of trade negotiations between farmers, agri-food industries and distributors ends on Monday in a very tense climate.
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The indicators are bright red in many sectors!
", Warned the majority agricultural union FNSEA on Thursday, which called for a demonstration in Clermont-Ferrand on Wednesday.
Farmers accuse supermarkets of dragging prices down
Farmers accuse supermarkets of driving prices down.
The latter denounce the price increases requested by agro-industrialists (dairies, biscuits, cured meats, producers of canned food or prepared meals, etc.).
Which, considered not very transparent on their margins, criticize in turn the distributors.
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If large-scale distribution, if manufacturers do not change, it is the farmers who will disappear,
" the Minister of Agriculture, Julien Denormandie, said on Europe 1 on Saturday.
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We are thinking about improving this law so that we stop this degradation of value,
" said the minister, who is meeting producers on Saturday in Paris and is due to go to Seine-Maritime on Monday.
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The hand of Parliament will not tremble and the law will be very clear on the subject,
" promised the minister without further details.