Around fifty supermarkets were targeted during the night from Wednesday to Thursday by
“around 200 tractors”
and their access blocked, across four communes of Haute-Loire, to denounce the
“inappropriate”
behavior of large stores, announced the FDSEA 43
“Around 200 tractors, around fifty for each of the four targeted towns, dumped trailers of tires and rubbish to block the entrances
,” said Yannick Fialip, president of the economics commission of the FDSEA 43, confirming information
from
France Bleu Haute-Loire.
The objective of this coordinated action:
“denounce the inappropriate behavior of large-scale distribution”
, which
“puts crazy pressure on our farmers (...) with stifling margins”
, and the desire to be
“paid correctly”
.
Carrefour, Lidl, Aldi and Casino brands were targeted in the towns of Brioude, Yssingeaux, Craponne and Monistro, without impacting traffic.
This operation comes as commercial negotiations between large retailers and their agro-industrial suppliers on shelf prices
“ended this Thursday at midnight
,” he explained.
“It’s a message: there are still negotiations to be carried out on private labels
,” added Yannick Fialip.
Ten days after the start of the movement, the blockades of farmers are not weakening in France, in particular around the capital where the police continue to protect the Rungis market.
Emmanuel Macron goes to Brussels, where the European agricultural crisis is present on the sidelines of a summit of the Twenty-Seven.
In particular, he must meet before 10:00 a.m. with the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on the subject of the
“future of European agriculture”
.