In Loiret, the call for mobilization from the FNSEA and Young Farmers was heard by nearly 80 farm managers.
Around fifty tractors converged this Monday, January 29 towards the Saint-Arnoult tollbooth on the A10 motorway, and around thirty joined the A6 at Auvernaux in Essonne.
According to FDSEA 45, the blockade, which should last all week “if the government does not announce satisfactory measures by then”, will be maintained by a rotation of farmers.
On the sidelines of these gatherings, an operation around irrigation is announced in the city center of Orléans, Tuesday January 30, from 10:30 a.m.
A mini water reservoir will be built in front of the cathedral and the regional council.
“Many subjects were not even mentioned (Friday by Gabriel Attal, the Prime Minister) including that of water”
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justifies the FDSEA 45 in a press release published on January 27, which expresses its disappointment with the promises “unheld” from the Varenne of water and climate change, launched on May 28, 2021, “How many additional cubic meters have been stored since?
Almost none!
When will there be coherence in political will?
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“Securing water resources”
Éric Delorme will be present this Tuesday to recall the importance of access to water resources in his daily life: “Water is the backbone of our farms”.
This cereal grower in Beauce, who invested 200,000 euros this year to modernize and optimize his irrigation system, regrets having to work "with a volume of water (drawn from the Beauce aquifer) allocated by the public authorities which decreases from year to year.
To “maintain farmers and continue to settle young people tomorrow”, the FDSEA demands in particular from the public authorities “the security of water resources for farmers”. Tuesday morning, four convoys from the four corners of the department will join the center- city.
Disturbances on the main roads are therefore to be expected.