Massive demonstration of farmers from Occitanie to Toulouse to express their general fed up (taxes, charges, constraints, unfair competition, etc.).
400 tractors and thousands of farmers present. More than a hundred trailers of manure and waste were dumped.
The president of the Young Farmers of Occitanie, Romain Deloustal, stated that their meetings with regional agriculture and water agency representatives had not yielded satisfactory short-term outcomes.
This lack of progress prompted the escalated protest.
The farmers are grappling with increased fuel costs and stricter pesticide regulations, both substantially affecting their livelihoods. In a dramatic act of defiance, the farmers dumped manure at the administrative city center, held a minute of silence for the ‘death of agriculture’, and threw eggs at building windows.
This demonstration is part of a broader mobilization that is expected to intensify in the coming weeks. The farmers aim to draw attention to the rising prices and tightening legislation that they perceive as threats to their livelihoods.
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