Demonstration: around sixty tractors on the roads this Tuesday in Toulouse | News
Active since 8:30 a.m.
They had already announced their event Saturday. There was even a call for mobilization on Facebook ! The Union of Young Farmers of Haute-Garonne demands answersand to do so, they do not hesitate to hit hard. Since 8:30 a.m., farmers have been operating on the roads. First at the A68 and A64 motorways, then to the city center of Toulouse. The convoys turn at the level of the boulevards, on the peripherals, at the Administrative City… Motorists are being slowed down. The snail operation is spawned.
Claims on the end of the clay derogation
On the Toulouse ring road ©Radio France – Matthew Ferri
” If nothing happens, it was evaluated, and not in a good way. It’s a shame, but that’s the only way you can be heard. We won’t deny ourselves anything… » notify the union. Indeed, the Young Farmers of Haute-Garonne deplore the end of the clay slope granted to them until then in certain areas. This served them in particular as not having to sow plant cover between two crops. Another claim: the farmers demanded integration into DFAC (Agri-environmental and climate measures), after financial compensation has been withdrawn car several areas have been excluded from the disadvantaged areas map in 2018.
About sixty tractors planned
Around 60 tractors from the 4 rooms of the Ville Rose participate in the snail operation, sometimes loaded with trailers. The goal is to strongly impact the traffic of Toulouse and to be heard.