Saturday, January 20, 2024

Furious French Farmers Stage Shitfest Protest In Toulouse

by Arthur Foxake, 19 January 2024

European farmers' protests spread to France as the shit hits the fan for EU leaders.

A bystander watches as farmers from the Midi-Pyrenees region of southwest France dump manure and rotting produce outside a government administrative building as they take part in a protest against taxation, declining income and difficult work conditions, in central Toulouse, Jan. 16, 2024. / Credit: ED JONES/AFP/Getty
Putain de merde! A citizen looks on whilst farmers dump copious amounts of cattle related agricultural waste and rotting vegetables outside a government administrative building as they take part in a protest against taxation, declining income and difficult work conditions, in central Toulouse.

 

Inspired perhaps by the protests of farming communities in Germany and Netherlands, angry French farmers gathered in the historic city of Toulouse, South - west France this week and dumped piles of farmyard manure on the steps of City Hall and in the streets and squares in fron of other public buildings. Such shitfest protests are a favourite tactic of French farmers when they want to let their government know its policies stink. This latest demonstration of dissent from farmers is part of a movement creeping across Europe which aims to let the EU ruling commission and governments of the 27 member states know their latest batch of green policies which will limit the amount of diesel farmers can use to power tractors and self propelled implements, the amount of nitrogen based fertiliser that can be used and the amount of methane any farm unit can emit in the form of cow farts. is totally out of ordure (oops, pardon.)

The Toulouse protest, which according to spokesmen for French farming communities, will be just the first of an ongoing campaign which will follow a similar path as those in Netherlands and Germany.

The farmers' action will, they claim, continue until the government backs down over agricultural policy changes which the farm say will cause them to face increased costs and curtail productivity  leading to independent farmers going out of business. 

Nearly 400 tractors and 1,000 farmers from across southwest France converged on the city after rallying before dawn at meeting points across the region.

They made their way into Toulouse in the early morning ensuring traffic chaos throughout the rush hour, honking horns and pulling trailer-loads of hay and manure as they moved into city center, blocking entire lanes on some roads and causing gridlock in the main business and shopping areas.

Tractors and other farm vehicles block a main thoroughfare as farmers from the Midi-Pyrenees region of southwest France take part in a protest against taxation and declining income, in central Toulouse, Jan. 16, 2024. / Credit: ED JONES/AFP/Getty

Though the protests were largely ignored by French mainstream media, tractors and farm vehicles gridlock Toulouse by blocking main routes as farmers from all over southwest France protest against EU 'net zero' green policies, taxation and declining income. Picture Credit: ED JONES/AFP/Getty © via CBS News

Around 1,000 farmers gathered at the central Capitole square on foot, and a delegation was scheduled to meet the local police chief later in the day. So far the outcome of that meeting, if it took place, has not been reported.

The protesters say increased taxes and social charges are causing hardship for farmers across the region. The tax hikes and other fees come on top of increased costs for fuel and animal feed, and a general rise in the cost of living across the country as well as restrictions on agricultural activities imposed by the EU as part of its push for 'net zero'.

Elsewhere in the region, farmers targeted large suburban supermarkets, dumping manure in their parking lots. The farmers say many big supermarket chains refuse to pay fair prices for their produce.

Tuesday's protests followed a number of demonstrations in the region last November, as farmers fear for their livelihoods.

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