Bordeaux (France) – French farmers in anger maintained their blockade of the port of Bordeaux on Thursday, because the Agriculture Minister promised to sort out the issue of banned pesticides.
The troops of the Coordination Rurale union dumped mountains of earth and waste. The prefecture counted 50 tractors and 150 folks.
The port authorities expressed their “incomprehension”: “Bordeaux is a cereal export port serving the regional agricultural sector” and “doesn’t import cereals.” The Coordination Rurale claims in any other case.
The farmers, significantly sugar beet and hazelnut producers, are demanding a neurotoxic insecticide, banned in France however allowed elsewhere within the EU.
“What’s allowed in Europe must also be allowed in France,” mentioned Minister Annie Genevard in La Couture (northern France). She promised “bulletins on simplification measures.”
Farmers additionally oppose the free commerce settlement between the EU and the Latin American Mercosur nations. (November 21, 2024)
