Armored vehicles, helicopters, thousands of gendarmes should prevent farmers from blocking the capital
Interior Minister Gérald Darmagin announced on Sunday evening that 15.000 policemen are being mobilized with armored vehicles and helicopters. They should prevent the blockade of the capital, the two Paris airports as well as the world's largest market, Rais, it says. Deutsche says.
Farmers previously threatened to block the capital, that is, the roads leading to it, from this Monday. They also announced the blockade of Razis.
The Minister of Police said that it is not a matter of throwing hands, but of ensuring organized protests. He announced that the police will not remove individual blockades, but will only ensure free movement through France.
As Darmanjin added, it is necessary to prevent farmers, as has already happened, from stopping freight trains from Spain and Portugal and robbing them.
Prime Minister's promises
Fierce protests by farmers demanding better purchase prices, less red tape and protection from cheaper imports have spread across the country in recent days.
The new French Prime Minister, Gabriel Atal, agreed to some of the farmers' demands on Friday, and added on Sunday that he would take additional measures to protect domestic agriculture from unfair competition.
"We will put agriculture above everything else," the prime minister said. He announced that the state is abandoning a plan to raise tax rates on diesel for agricultural vehicles.
Against the agreement with South America
He also announced the simplification of rules so that farmers would not have to fight unnecessarily with the bureaucracy, as well as fifty million euros of quick aid to farmers who produce ecologically.
He added that President Emmanuel Macron will oppose a free trade agreement at the EU level with South American countries, from which it is feared that cheaper agricultural products could come.
Those promises are not enough for the French peasants, that's why they continue with the protests. The largest association of farmers presented a list with 140 demands.
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