“
New measures”
in favor of farmers must be taken this Tuesday, government spokesperson Prisca Thevenot assured Monday.
While waiting for these announcements, the “siege of Paris” decided by several farmers’ unions continues.
Beyond the capital, the country's main roads are still blocked this Tuesday, as well as several provincial towns paralyzed by tractors which sometimes entered city centers, such as in Orléans.
Le Figaro
lists most of the blockages and demonstrations throughout the country.
We update it throughout the day, depending on how the situation evolves.
The blockages of several highways serving Paris began Monday at 2 p.m.
On the A1, the A4, the A6, the A13... farmers spent the night in their tractors.
According to a police source, the blockages around Paris on Monday involved a thousand farmers and
“a little more than 500 machines”
.
“The objective of holding out until Friday is obvious
,” according to this source.
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In total, eight
“blocking points”
were installed yesterday in Île-de-France: in the
Chennevières
area (A1 motorway), near
Jossigny
(A4 motorway), in
Ourdy
(A5 motorway),
Villabé
(motorway A6), at the
Buchelay toll
(A13 motorway), at
Longivilliers
(A10 motorway), between
the Gennevilliers bridge and the D311 (A15 motorway) and at the D301 de
l'Isle-Adam
interchange
(A16 motorway), said the FRSEA of Île-de-France on Sunday evening.
On the A5 in particular, Yonne, Aube and Haute-Saône joined the farmers of Seine-et-Marne to deploy a blockade with a line of 4 kilometers of tractors, noted one of our journalists on site .
In Orléans, 150 tractors
“from the four corners of the Loiret”
met this Tuesday morning towards the city center.
These farmers are members of FNSEA 45 and Young Farmers, reports France Bleu.
“They are taking action in front of the cathedral, to, they explain, alert the population and the public authorities about the management of water resources.
Among the demands made to the government, these unions are asking for more possibilities for storing this resource
,” the information site continues.
West and Brittany
“Several blockages are in progress this Tuesday morning in Ille-et-Vilaine”
due to the mobilization of farmers, the prefecture of Brittany
announced
on
Tuesday
on
RN 137
, at
Bain-de-Bretagne
and on the
RN 157
near
Châteaubourg
.
A final blocking point was installed at the interchange on the
RN 176
and the
RD 137
, at the
Miniac-Morvan
level .
In Finistère,
“the situation is identical”
to the day before, indicated the department prefecture.
In
the West
, numerous blockages continued this Tuesday, notably near
Quimper
or near
Ploërmel
, an important road junction in the center of the peninsula.
Furthermore, Vinci Autoroutes indicates that at 10 a.m., the A10 motorway was cut between
Saint-Maixent, Poitiers and Dourdan
in both directions.
As well as the A11 between
Seiches-sur-le-Loir
and
Durtal
in both directions and in the
Chartres
sector towards Paris.
Access to the built-up areas of Le Mans via the A11 from Paris, the A28 from Tours and Alençon, and the A81 from Rennes were also cut off on Tuesday.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Prefectural sources report blockages on: the A43 between exits 8 and 9, the A48 in
Grenoble
, the A49 in
Drôme
, etc. Details of the blockages and traffic interruptions on the motorways were communicated this Tuesday morning by state officials on social media.
Marseille
The city of Marseille is disrupted this Tuesday, like the day before, by a VTC demonstration which started at midday and is expected to congest the Prado 1 and 2 sectors.
Otherwise, traffic remains very hampered to the north of the Marseille city.
In addition to farmers being blocked, traffic was disrupted all day on the N113 due to a bus fire.
Traffic is otherwise complicated on the A8, the A52 and the A51 which is blocked in both directions at the junction with the A8.
Center, East and South-West
In
central
France, the A89 is cut between
Ussel
and
Egletons
in both directions.
In
the East
, the A6 motorway in
Côte d'Or
is closed in both directions, between
Beaune
and
Bierre-lès-Semur
.
The national 57 is closed at
Etalans
, between
Besançon
and
Pontarlier
.
In the
South-West
, a certain number of blockages have been lifted, in the wake of Jérôme Bayle, who announced that he would lift the first blockade of the A64 which he initiated.
Others, however, persist.
Vinci Autoroutes indicates in particular that this Tuesday at 10 a.m., the A20 motorway is cut in the
Montauban
sector in both directions.
As well as the A62 between Montauban and
Valence d'Agen
and the A64 in the Hautes-Pyrénées, in both directions.
Around thirty tractors took the Agen road in the morning towards the Rungis market (Val-de-Marne), at the call of the Rural Coordination union, with an arrival planned for
“Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning”
, declared Serge Bousquet-Cassagne, 64, president of the Chamber of Agriculture of Lot-et-Garonne.
In Toulouse, tires and straw bales piled up in front of Toulouse-Blagnac airport were set on fire,
La Dépêche
noted on Tuesday .
“Convoys of farmers have arrived at Toulouse-Blagnac airport,”
announced the prefecture of Occitanie and Haute-Garonne.
“This causes disruptions in the airport sector
,” it is stated.