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VIDEO. At 15, blocked by farmers: “Even if I fight traffic jams, I support them”

Geraldine points the camera at the A15 motorway, completely blocked by tractors, directly in front of her. “Remember this, because it is important, it is very important,” slips a local resident. There are many people like her in Argenteuil who come to look from the bridge at the farmers’ blockade below. Dozens of tractors haven’t let a single motorist through since yesterday, but most of the ones we passed on Tuesday afternoon don’t hold it against them. Despite the increased complexity of their daily commute.

David, a plumber, smiles from behind the wheel of his van: “This is misery. I’ve been in trouble since this morning. But they are still right.” “They honk on the highway, I think people support farmers,” adds Mario, another resident.

A little further, about ten activists close to the sovereignist movement “Patriots” of the former FN Florian Philippot wave flags. The horn concert continues unabated. “It’s not just farmers who are outraged by everything that’s happening. We are a nation. We’re not rednecks against bobos. We all eat the same thing,” Geraldine observes.

Source: Le Parisien

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