Alexandre Dalifard 2:36 p.m., January 29, 2024
After the announcements from the FNSEA and Young Farmers on the “siege of Paris”, the government deployed a “significant defensive system” to prepare for it. This Monday, at the microphone of “Pascal Praud et vous”, Jean-Christophe Couvy, national secretary of the SGP Police Unit, gives his opinion on the rise of farmers towards the capital. Listen to the excerpt again. You can react at 01.80.20.39.21.
What to do about the rise of farmers towards the French capital? On Saturday, the FNSEA and Jeunes Agriculteurs announced that they wanted to begin a “siege of Paris” starting this Monday. Faced with this, the executive deployed a “significant defensive system”, in particular with the installation of armored vehicles at Rungis. For the occasion, Jean-Christophe Couvy, national secretary of the SGP Police Unit, is the guest of
Pascal Praud and you
. At the microphone of Europe 1, he explains that the police will let the farmers head towards Paris. “I think we are going to let them rise, because when you have to express your anger, the idea is to express it,” he emphasizes. On the other hand, he warns of the despair of farmers. “Where it is dangerous is when you are desperate. And I see a lot of farmers who are desperate and who have nothing left to lose,” specifies Jean-Christophe Couvy.
The latter thinks that the government therefore has an interest in finding the social extinguisher to extinguish this lit fuse. “This fuse could actually have an explosion in other parts of society,” he concludes.