Le Figaro Lyon
“Eat French”
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The slogan repeated by the farmers since the start of their movement was unmissable in the Caladian night this Wednesday evening.
Dozens of tractors were set up at the Villefranche-Limas tollbooth, on the A6 motorway, to draw the message in bright letters, all headlights on.
A source of pride for the Young Farmers (JA) and FNSEA unions, at this blockage point north of Lyon, where several hundred people were gathered.
“85 tractors and 300 people were needed to create this fresco
,” welcome the Young Farmers of Ain.
The conclusion of an intense day on this dam, the most numerous in the famous Lyon “pincage”, which surrounds all motorway access to the metropolis this week.
No less than 21 blocking points are held in the region, including five around Lyon.
A sixth is planned for today on the A42 motorway.
“Galvanize the troops”
Earlier, the national federation of dairy producers came to meet the breeders.
The farmers then received a visit from Christophe Chambon, deputy secretary general of the FNSEA, after that of Arnaud Rousseau, last week, on the occasion of the congress of the departmental section organized directly on the highway in the presence of the prefect .
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“We toured the sites, on the A89 and the A7 to galvanize the troops
,” says Michel Joux, president of the FRSEA Auvergne Rhône Alpes.
The troops are determined, we are not here to break but to obtain
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The night's negotiations in Paris should also lead to new announcements from Gabriel Attal this Thursday.
“It will take more than a nice speech but if the announcements are good we will suspend for a few days, while remaining in the starting blocks to return in the coming weeks in office if necessary”
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And ensure that promises are kept.