Demonstration of farmers and fishermen this Saturday afternoon, in Boulogne sur mer. Two worlds coming together in the fight against European policies which, according to them, threaten the survival of their activity.
Fishing quotas and fallow regulations, stacking of standards and technocratic directives. “Things have to move, otherwise European fishing will die” says Olivier Leprêtre, president of the Local Fisheries Committee. ‘Our president will have to bang his fist on the table in Brussels and say 'let our farmers and our fishermen work,' says Jean-Louis Fenart, the president of Rural Coordination of Pas-de-Calais.