Farmers’ protest reached France/ Paris panics over the rise of the Green Vest movement

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, newspaper ” Tagus Anseiger wrote in an article: In the southwest of France, not far from Toulouse, farmers have been blocking the A64 highway with their tractors for five days. The images of their protest dominate the French media. Their concern is that the disease that comes from Spain has affected the livestock they raise. They stated that if the government does not help quickly and cover part of the vaccination costs and loss of income for them, they will lose their existence and this is a local problem at least for now.

But the anger of these farmers is currently spreading throughout France, which is caused by the blockade in the south and protests in other European countries, especially in Germany. But here it is only a question of protests, including the European Union’s Green Deal, which they think asks too much of them, or about access to water, which is becoming increasingly risky with climate change, or, for example, falling incomes with a reduction. It’s not the price of wheat.

French farmers, of course, worry about all this and more: among the approximately 500,000 French farmers, who are considered a proud profession, this is a widespread perception. It seems that they are backward and no longer have the usual respect.

Now in Paris, these developments are followed with concern. There are even voices warning of a new version of a movement like the one France experienced five years ago with the Yellow Vests. “Liberation” newspaper asks if we can call them green vests?

This article continues: Of course, this concern is probably exaggerated, but no one He does not want to underestimate this anger. The new government of French Prime Minister Gabriel Atal has only been in office for two weeks and is already facing its first major crisis.

In about a month, On February 24, the agricultural exhibition, the Salon d’Agriculture, always a highly political event in France and a measure of the general state of affairs in the country, begins.

Elections Europe will also be held in five months, which the camp of French President Emmanuel Macron’s government is worried about, because all the polls have predicted a victory for Marine Le Pen’s far-right party. Jordan Bardella, head of the party and its main candidate, has now encouraged farmers to expand their protest against what he calls “Macron’s Europe”.

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal hastily tried over the weekend to appease the country’s farmers and, if possible, remove them from the clutches of the far right. In his speech, he said that agriculture is a “completely central issue” for his government. He added: After all, France has “the highest quality agriculture in the world”. He invited the heads of the largest farmers’ unions to the Matignon Hotel for a discussion.

After that, “Bruno Lemaire”, the French Minister of Economy, came and said that the farmers have the right. are unhappy and should not stop working. It’s as if the government and the opposition were competing to see who could be the farmers’ lobby: naturally, in such cases, the opposition has a better chance. France has become special during these developments. He should bring the new agricultural law to parliament on Wednesday; This law was already on the agenda. But under the influence of these protests, Fesno has now postponed this appointment for about a month. According to him, some points in this law should be revised. Above all, according to him, bureaucratic requirements should be reduced – an issue that concerns all farmers. Strictly will not adopt the EU in the future. Of course, this is also an old point: French farmers have long complained that their governments are overzealous in enforcing European rules, while other countries seem to take it more leniently. And this puts them at a disadvantage when competing with their competitors.

German farmers have been holding massive protests against the government’s austerity policies for a long time.

The anger of German farmers against the government’s austerity policies continues, and agricultural associations continue to protest against the frustration of the coalition government.

The reason for the farmers’ protests is the planned end of diesel concessions for agriculture. The farmers’ association accuses the federal government of endangering the existence of farmers. The protests will continue and expand.

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