Farmers' tractors continue their advance this Wednesday, almost two weeks after the start of their mobilization.
While some are only a few kilometers from Paris, major routes are blocked throughout France.
The speech by Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, delivered on Tuesday, does not seem to have calmed the ardor of farmers, determined to carry out a
“siege of Paris”
.
The Rungis market in the crosshairs
The convoy of farmers leaving Agen (Lot-et-Garonne) is determined to
“invest”
the
Rungis market
(Val-de-Marne), a hub which feeds 18 million French people.
If they stopped off on Tuesday evening in a field in Loir-et-Cher, they hope to arrive during the day, despite the blockages by the police.
In Île-de-France, the blockade of the National Federation of Agricultural Operators' Unions (FNSEA) is located at Chilly-Mazarin in Essonne, less than ten kilometers from Rungis.
A major action in Toulouse
In
Toulouse
, it is the Grand Marché (MIN) which is targeted by the Peasant Confederation.
This union, a minority in Haute-Garonne, is planning
“major action”
according to information from
La Dépêche
.
The FDSEA and the Young Farmers, for their part, concentrate around Blagnac airport and burn large quantities of waste.
The congested Pays-de-la-Loire
Tuesday evening, farmers from FNSEA and Young Farmers arrived by tractor at the Cheviré point, in
Nantes
.
It is currently blocked in both directions of traffic since 10 p.m.
“for an indefinite period”
.
“We have entered into a balance of power with the State
,” insists the president of the FNSEA in Loire-Atlantique, Mickaël Trichet, to France Bleu Loire Océan.
The N165, between Nantes and Vannes, is also cut near Missillac.
Same thing in
Angers
, in
Maine-et-Loire
, where farmers are still maintaining the pressure.
Despite the partial lifting of the blockades put in place on Monday, farmers plan to maintain blockages on major roads until the evening of Thursday February 1st.
In the Le
Mans
region , the latter block three highways crossing the
Sarthe
, at four specific points.
It is therefore still difficult to reach Le Mans via the A28, the A11 and the A81.
In addition, fishermen joined the Nantes mobilization this Wednesday morning, dumping fish and nets in front of the interregional sea directorate to protest against being kept at the dock for a month and against the “
pressure of regulations”
.
Demonstrations in Vendée
In
Vendée
, it is the town of
La Roche-Sur-Yon
and its prefecture which will be targeted this Wednesday morning by farmers.
They have planned to leave
Challans
,
Les Sables d'Olonne
,
Montaigu
and
Fontenay-le-Comte
from 9 a.m. for an arrival scheduled for 11 a.m.
Traffic conditions are expected to be difficult until the end of the afternoon with farmers from La Roche-Sur-Yon expected to leave between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Difficult traffic in Lyon
In the
Rhône
, farmers have reinforced their blockade of the A89 at La Tour de Salvagny, according to
Le Progrès
.
The A7 motorway is also closed between the A7/A450 junction.
The tolls of
Saint-Quentin-Fallavier
on the A43 and
Villefranche/Limas
on the A6 were also targeted by farmers.
“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
,” said the prefecture on Tuesday evening.
A blocking operation targets the entrance to
Vienna
on the A7 motorway.
The latter could be cut near
Givors
.
And the A42 could also experience traffic difficulties this Wednesday morning, at the
“Nœud des Îles”
.
Blocking points in Brittany
In
Brittany
, many small blockade points were still held by farmers this Wednesday morning according to information from
Télégramme
.
This is particularly the case on the RN12, the RN164 and near
Quimper
, on the RN165, in
Finistère
.
In
Côtes-d'Armor
, the Peasant Confederation
"calls on farmers and citizens to come together and symbolically block the Lidl power station"
, located in
Châtelaudren-Plouagat
, while other operations are planned on the RD787 and the RN12 .
In
Morbihan
, the
Kervignac
dam on the RN165 was still held this Wednesday and could continue to be this Wednesday.
Same thing on the
Roche-Bernard
side , according to information from
Ouest France
.
In addition, several public works companies announced that they would continue to block the
Lorient
oil depot .
Finally, in
Ille-et-Vilaine
, the FDSEA 35 and the Young Farmers of Ille-et-Vilaine (JA 35) continue to block the E. Leclerc center in Pleumeleuc, that of the RN137 in
Bain-de-Bretagne
, that from the RN24 to
Rheu
, that of the RN157 between
Rennes
and
Laval
, as well as to
Miniac-Morvan
for the Rennes-Saint-Malo and Dinan-Avranches axes.
Several demonstrations in Hauts-de-France
In
Hauts-de-France
, farmers are still mobilized.
If some - from the Nord and Pas-de-Calais - had decided to join the blockage of the A1 this Wednesday, others should go to
Fresnes-les-Montauban
on the A1 as well as to
Beauvais
on the A16.
In total, around a hundred tractors were still deployed on the ground in the region, according to France Bleu Nord.