Antoine Bienvault // Photo credit: Denis CHARLET / AFP 8:23 p.m., February 22, 2024

Two days before the Agricultural Show, farmers intend to take their action to the gates of Paris.

While several operations are still taking place this Thursday evening, the tractors will head to the capital on Friday.

They intend to push the government to go further in its announcements. 

Farmers do not intend to relieve the pressure.

Two days before the opening of the Agricultural Show, several operations will take place in the capital to push the government to go further in its announcements.

Starting with the principle of food sovereignty. 

Gatherings to connect with Parisians

Gabriel Attal promised to include it in black and white in the future project, far from agricultural in orientation.

Insufficient according to Thierry-James Facquer, president of the Rural Coordination of Burgundy-Franche-Comté, who will participate in the demonstration in Paris this Friday: "What we would like now is for the government to clearly position itself by applying a system that would completely stop the entry onto our soil of all foodstuffs from agriculture that do not respect the same standards and obligations imposed on us at home.” 

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The demonstrators will gather on Friday morning, Porte de Saint-Cloud, before heading towards Place Vauban, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris.

The objective is to put pressure on the government, but not only that.

The farmers also want to meet Parisians to make them aware of the reality on the ground: "We have more and more people who have no real contact with this agriculture. We have the impression that they often have a fairly clear vision of it. fantasy. We plan to welcome all the people who wish to come and meet us to be able to discuss the way they see things." 

He therefore assures, everyone will be welcome for this gathering, Place Vauban.

Note that another procession organized by Young Farmers and the FNSEA will leave the 15th arrondissement of Paris at 4 p.m., heading to the Salon de l'Agriculture.