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• Direct Mobilization of fishermen: a meeting planned with the Minister of Fisheries at the end of the morning
Fishermen, who are protesting against the rise in fuel prices, are blocking several ports, including that of Nice.
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Fishermen are once again blocking access to an oil depot in Frontignan (Hérault) on Thursday, September 17, as well as the ports of several cities, including Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) and Sète (Hérault), to warn of the rise in fuel prices before a meeting planned with the Minister of Fisheries at the end of the morning. “We are carrying out a symbolic action,” Ange Natoli, a representative of the fishermen, who have been mobilized since Monday, told AFP. Follow our live stream.
• The Frontignan oil depot blocked again. The fishermen prevented any tanker trucks from passing through, but allowed the cars of local residents to circulate. The blockade began around 3 a.m., according to the Hérault police, who noted "between 150 and 200 fishermen" at the start of the operation.
• Multiple ports blocked. In Nice, half a dozen small boats blocked the entrance to the port from the sea, but according to an AFP journalist the situation was very calm. The ports of Sète (Hérault) and Grau-du-Roi (Gard) are also blocked, as is that of Port-la-Nouvelle (Aude). The mayor of Nice, who appeared alongside fishermen in Nice, spoke of "legitimate anger" and demanded aid of 50 cents per liter for fishermen, compared to 25 to 35 cents currently.
• A meeting planned with the Minister of Fisheries. Representatives of the sector will participate in a meeting with the Minister of the Sea and Fisheries, Catherine Chabaud, at the end of the morning. On Wednesday, Sébastien Lecornu asked Wednesday to “extend” targeted aid on fuels until December 31. For fishermen, aid will be increased from 25 to 35 cents per liter. On franceinfo, the first secretary of the PS, Olivier Faure, called for “doubling targeted aid” in the face of rising fuel prices.
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#FISHERS Emmanuel Macron invited the leaders of the parties represented in the French Parliament, or their presidential candidate, for a meeting tomorrow on the "rapid deterioration" of the international situation and its "consequences in France on security and energy", reports the Elysée. #FUEL
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This meeting around the Head of State, in the presence only of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu and military and intelligence officials, is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. at the presidential palace.
#FISHERS Fishermen are carrying out several actions today: they are blocking the port of Port-la-Nouvelle (Aude), the Frontignan oil depot and the port of Sète (Hérault). New actions are also underway in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) and Grau-du-Roi (Gard), according to the ICI network. #FUEL
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In Port-la-Nouvelle, the port has been blocked since the night of Tuesday to Wednesday and the mobilization is still underway this Thursday, reports ICI Roussillon. The fishermen plan to continue the blockage at least until midday.
#FISHERS Eric Ciotti, UDR mayor of Nice (Alpes-Maritimes), supports the fishermen mobilized in the port of his city. He denounces "standards which add up without rationality" and asks, for them, aid amounting to 50 cents per liter, instead of 35 cents. #FUEL
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The mayor of Nice denounces a “tax racket” and calls for a “massive reduction” in VAT.
#FUEL Fishermen maintain the pressure by carrying out actions in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes), Frontignan and Sète in Hérault, before a meeting with the Minister of Fisheries, Catherine Chabaud, at 11 a.m. #FISHERMEN
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#FUEL Fishermen are once again blocking the port of Sète (Hérault). “We are carrying out a symbolic action,” said Ange Natoli, a representative of the fishermen, leaving for Paris to meet the Minister of the Sea and Fisheries, Catherine Chabaud. The meeting is scheduled for 11 a.m. #FISHERMEN
Response from franceinfo
The government has already announced that aid for fishermen would be increased from 25 to 35 cents per liter. It thus returns to "its maximum level authorized by the European Commission to allow ships to continue to go out to sea", after a downward adjustment this summer to take into account the drop in prices, explained the Prime Minister's services.
#FUEL “Fuel was the trigger” of the mobilization, declares fisherman Pierre Palumbo speaking to franceinfo. But fishermen also make demands on fishing quotas, particularly eel fishing, he underlines.
#FUEL In Frontignan, in Hérault, fishermen are still mobilized in front of an oil depot. A France Télévisions team is on site.
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