A filter barrier, bringing together
“around fifty”
heavy goods vehicles, was deployed on Monday in Isère as part of a day of action against foreign competition that they consider
“unfair” and
“increasingly restrictive
” European regulation.
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, we learned from consistent sources.
“The road transport sector is currently subject to strong tensions, marked not only by
unfair competition
from foreign companies which have less taxes in their country of origin, but also by increasingly restrictive European regulations
,” he said. declared to AFP Kévin Amory, spokesperson for the young collective of the Groupement de Routiers Français (GRF), founded in November.
The blockade began between 9:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. around the roundabouts of the Chesnes logistics zone in the commune of Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, in the immediate vicinity of the A43 motorway which connects Lyon to Chambéry to Italy and Switzerland , specified the prefecture.
Traffic restrictions on the highway have been put in place with the closure of the interchange leading to the logistics zone, as have local diversions for light and heavy vehicles, according to the same source.
“We hope to have a meeting with a government representative”
The GRF planned Monday
“rigorous filtering actions in logistics zones”
in
“five strategic locations in France, notably in Brittany, around Lyon, in Paris, in the South-East and in Toulouse”
.
Actions were carried out on the outskirts of Toulouse and Reims, according to Kévin Amory.
“We hope to have a meeting with a government representative in official charge of our file
,” he said, without ruling out that the actions would be renewed.
The truckers' movement follows two weeks of blocking of dozens of highways by angry farmers, who disrupted the transport of goods.
The blockades were lifted by the demonstrators or cleared by the police after the announcement of various government measures.
Trucks had to use national and departmental routes, with, according to the transporters, journeys lengthened by 20% to 30%, an increase in diesel consumption and overtime for drivers.
Several trucks transporting foreign products were also stopped and emptied.