US EditionTariffs, Climate Change, Energy prices... Tough Times for France's Winemakers
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After the wine growers' demonstration in Béziers on Saturday, the night was marked by incidents.
Tariffs, climate change, energy prices... tough times for France's winemakers
Winegrowers from southern France are planning a major protest in Béziers this Saturday. The location matches where the great wine revolt of 1907 began – one of the largest social movements of the 20th century in France, when southern growers protested against competition from cheap imports. With unpredictable weather, rising costs and plummeting sales, the industry is demanding help both from the French government and the European Union in Bruss…
Several thousand wine growers were gathered on Saturday 15 November in Béziers. With the harvest completed, the sector is demanding urgent measures in Paris and Brussels to avoid cessations of activities. Faced with climatic hazards and rising production costs, they are increasingly forced to sell at a loss.
Between 4,000 and 7,000 wine growers marched this Saturday in Béziers to ask the public authorities to "act quickly" in the face of the crises they are going through. The canicular episodes, the taxes or the numerous standards imposed have shaken the sector. All fear that the 2025 vintage is of an unprecedented meagreness. - "It's not living, it's surviving": in the face of crises, thousands of wine growers are demonstrating in Béziers (Economy).
At the end of the winemakers' demonstration in Béziers on Saturday, 15 November, actions were planned by angry producers, but the law enforcement forces are watching over the grain.
Between 4,000 and 7,000 people marched in the city of Hérault on Saturday to warn about the situation of a sector suffering from several crises.
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