We have heard from consistent sources that Operation Snail took place in Brittany on Friday morning to protest the increase in fuel prices.
Public works and agriculture professionals have denounced the government’s lack of a satisfactory response to soaring diesel prices.
In Côtes-d’Armor, these actions took place on national road 12 around Saint-Brieuc and caused severe slowdowns, especially in the Côtes-d’Armor region. The Guingamp and Lamballe areas were also affected by traffic jams for kilometres.
In Vern-sur-Seich, near Rennes, on Thursday, an oil depot was blocked and about 30 representatives of agricultural work companies met near the four-lane road connecting Rennes and Angers. About 15 tractors started blocking a section of the road.
“Our machines consume a lot of diesel and GNR. On the tractor we are 35 liters per hour, on the forage harvester we are 1,000 liters per day. This has a big price impact on our farmers, but they can’t pass the price on because Their selling prices were blocked,” he added, condemning the announcement of “15 cents” for refunds of “80 cents to 1 euro per liter”.
In Morbihan, the Vannes side is also slowing down, Bison Futé announced, referring to a “serious traffic problem”. “We have three filter fleets from Auray, Surzur and Ploërmel,” Morbihan county told AFP.
In Finistere, around 30 agricultural machines, including many tractors with trailers, were building a filter dam on the outskirts of Brest, where police dredged oil depots in Brest at noon on Thursday.
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