Illustration: Egg producers block access to a Carrefour store in Rennes, February 25, 2021. -

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Farmers demonstrated in front of supermarkets on the night from Friday to Saturday, in the home stretch of trade negotiations with distributors, according to the local press.

Slurry and tires were dumped in front of several supermarkets around Pau early this Saturday morning, according to the

Republic of the Pyrenees

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In Seine-Maritime, members of the Jeunes Agriculteurs and the FDSEA deployed banners in front of several hypermarkets and supermarkets, according to Tendance Ouest radio.

Friday, south of Limoges, the Confédération paysanne, the FDSEA and the Young Farmers demonstrated in front of a Carrefour, according to France Bleu.

Local initiatives

These actions, which are not the result of a national slogan but of local initiatives, have punctuated the life of supermarkets for several weeks.

The 2020-21 edition of trade negotiations between farmers, agri-food industries and distributors ends on Monday in a very tense climate.

“The indicators are bright red in many sectors!

", Warned the majority agricultural union FNSEA on Thursday, which called for a demonstration on Wednesday in Clermont-Ferrand.

Farmers accuse supermarkets of driving prices down.

The latter denounce the price increases demanded by agro-industries (dairies, biscuits, cured meats, producers of canned food or prepared meals, etc.).

Which, considered not very transparent on their margins, criticize in turn the distributors.

"If the large distribution, if the industrialists do not change, it is the farmers who will disappear", launched this Saturday on Europe 1 the Minister of Agriculture, Julien Denormandie.

"We are thinking about improving this law so that we can stop this degradation of value," said the minister, who is meeting producers this Saturday in Paris and is due to go to Seine-Maritime on Monday.

"The hand of Parliament will not tremble and the law will be very clear on the subject," promised Julien Denormandie, without further details.

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