Protesting French farmers arrived at Rungis on Thursday. Fifteen tractors were counted at the gates of the MIN market, while blockades continue throughout the country.
#Parisblockade, some tractors of #AgriculteursEnColere have arrived at one of the access gates of #Rungis.
Several #farmers have reportedly been arrested and taken into custody, with police reinforcements on the scene. pic.twitter.com/Q3dhGocP3n
— CLPRESS / Agence de presse (@CLPRESSFR) January 31, 2024
For the moment, no farmer has entered the market. On Thursday morning, 18 people were arrested for “obstructing traffic.” As for the wholesalers, delivery delays continue to pile up. “I have trucks that left Marseille and only arrived this morning. With the delays piling up, several trucks are arriving on the same day", explained a wholesaler. “For the moment, we have no answers and no visibility.” There were significantly fewer clients on the market on Thursday.
The Confédération Paysanne calls for “blockades of purchasing centers, wholesale markets and agri-food industries”
In a press release issued on Wednesday, the Confédération Paysanne called for “mobilizations to be directed towards blocking the places where this pressure on prices is exerted”: purchasing centers, wholesale markets, agri-food industries... According to several sources, some buying groups, already targeted by the protesters, have canceled numerous orders since the start of the blockades.