2020s French farmers' protests
2020s civil unrest in France
The 2020s French farmers' protests are a series of protests and road blockages organized non unionized farmers and agricultural unions (FNSEA, Young Farmers, Rural Coordination, Confédération paysanne) since 18 January 2024. The farmers protested against low food prices, proposed reductions in state subsidies for farmers' diesel fuel, and a EU-Mercosur free trade agreement.
In response to the protests, Gabriel Attal's government scrapped proposed reductions in government subsidies for agricultural diesel and other measures to reduce financial and bureaucratic burdens for farmers, but the protests persisted.
Chronology
Since October of 2023, smaller-scale pacific actions where have been carried out first in Occitania and then in other regions by farmers such as turning upside down municipal signage, this movement is called "On marche sur la tête", literally "we walk on the head" which is a french expression for "it's nonsense".
The movement started from Occitania, first with a demonstration in Toulouse on 16 January, which had no impact. Occitan farmers (Jérôme Bayle) then decided to block the A64 motorway Toulouse-Tarbes on 18 January. The movement has damaged property, including government buildings. Thus, on the night of January 18 to 19, an administration building was blown up by an explosion in Carcassonne (Occitania). This act was claimed by the Comité Régional d'Action Viticole (CRAV), a radical Occitan group of winemakers.
On 23 January, a 37-year-old Occitan farmer and her 12-year-old daughter were killed after a car crashed into a roadblock where they were standing.
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