Drought: Angry Farmers Block the Ports of Bastia and Ajaccio
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The trade unions protested alongside Jean-Baptiste Arena, president of the Chamber of Agriculture and its supporters, against "the contempt of the state in the face of the difficulties encountered by Corsican farmers after a canicule summer", according to a joint communiqué of the protesters. After a meeting with the prefect, an appointment was fixed with the cabinet of the Minister of Agriculture for 30 September. Three trade unions (FDSEA, You…
Eight schools are blocked. The demonstrators denounce the million euros granted to Corsica as part of the emergency plan announced by the Ministry of Agriculture against the 8 million deemed necessary.
Hundreds of farmers occupy the ports of Bastia and Ajaccio in order to claim aid after a summer of heat. Three unions refuse to raise the price of the oil... Read more In Corsica, farmers block the ports and put pressure on the state appeared first on Le Singulier.
Several hundred farmers mobilized in Corsica within a spontaneous interunion have blocked on Thursday the ports of Bastia and Ajaccio, demanding an appointment with the Minister of Agriculture and above all aid...
After five hours of meeting in the prefecture of Haute-Corse, the representatives of the agricultural unions left the premises, with the exception of the FDSEA 2B, which decided to continue the occupation. In question: disagreements on the progress achieved and on the appointment fixed at the Ministry of Agriculture on 30 September. While all the agricultural unions of the island - the Coordination Rurale Corsica, the FDSEA 2A, the FDSEA 2B, the…
Farmers are on the street in several municipalities in Corsica on Thursday 24 September to ask for state aid. They are about 150 in Ajaccio and Calvi, 200 in Bastia and about 100 in Sartène. They denounce in particular an insufficient envelope to deal with the drought.
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