Saintes (Charente-Maritime)
“
We are not demonstrating to gain an extra half hour of vacation.
We are waiting for concrete decisions, our leaders must not make mistakes
,” warns Alexandre Agat, vice-president of the FDSEA of Charente-Maritime.
Supported by the Young Farmers (JA), members of the majority union took over the A10 motorway this Wednesday morning near Saintes, a sub-prefecture located in the center of the department.
Nearly 200 tractors were stopped at the foot of the interchange,
“until further notice”,
after dumping several hundred tonnes of manure and bulky waste on the tracks.
“Blocking the A10 means blocking half of Europe,”
assure these farmers, as serene as they are determined, as they set up their arbors, coolers and barbecues.
Behind this coup there is also a certain pride.
In the memory of farmers, never have the FDSEA 17 and the JA mobilized their troops so much in Charente-Maritime.
“And we don’t…
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