The French government has accused farmers in its neighboring countries, including Spain, of “unfair competition”, as an attempt to get closer to some very dissatisfied farmers who maintain their protests. It was the French Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, who announced that they are studying “additional measures” at national and European level in response to farmers’ demand against “unfair competition” from other countries.

“I know very well that we have not yet responded to the concern and discomfort of our farmers. I am determined to move forward quicklyand. As long as we can make decisions immediately, we will make them. We will have to make other decisions with them in the coming weeks,” Attal said.

In this sense, Attal has defended that its farmers “they do not ask for something extravagant or insurmountable”: “They want to be taken into account, to be able to work and receive remuneration for their work (…). We will continue to advance against unfair competition,” he said, to which he added: “See imposed rules that are not imposed to others and see products not subject to those rules in national territory It’s called unfair competition.“.

For Attal, “what is at stake here is absolutely fundamental” for his country: “Our agriculture is, above all, an important part of France’s identity.” “We do not want to import 40% of our fruits and vegetables when we have every possibility of producing in our country,” he defended.

In this way, the French prime minister has thrown his weight outside his borders, and has assured that the problem with his farmers does not come from his government, but from other European countries, such as Spain, under the excuse that “It is not normal that they can use pesticides or prohibited herbicides” in the French country, the largest agricultural producer in all of Europe.

Is about nationalist speech similar to that of Marine Le Pen’s far right, which tries to capitalize on the anger of farmers.

In recent days, we have seen burned-out trucks in Narbonne, southeastern France. Precisely, there have been scenes like the one shown in the main video that accompanies the news, of farmers in anger setting fire to foreign merchandise for seconds later to celebrate its reversal.

Furthermore, images have been recorded in the same area that show how wine bottles have burst imported from other countries. “I have a colleague in Nimes who does not dare to move because he carries wine, which is a commodity that is harmful to them, and he is afraid that it will be thrown at him,” says a driver.

Farmers threaten to blockade Paris

And despite the fact that the protests have deflated in the last few hours, they are already preparing for what is coming in the coming days, also in central France. In Clermont-Ferrand, they have welded the door of an institutional building, and They threaten to blockade Paris indefinitely starting this Monday.

Faced with this situation, Paris is preparing for the ‘tractor’ of French farmers starting this Monday. For now, armored vehicles have already been deployed a few kilometers from the French capital.