Will it be difficult to get around the Île-de-France region this Monday, May 26, 2025? The FRSEA Île-de-France, supported by the FNSEA, is calling on farmers to block the main roads around the capital starting this Monday, May 26. In their sights: the bill put forward by senators Laurent Duplomb and Franck Menonville, initially intended to ease agricultural constraints, but whose provisions have been scaled back in the National Assembly. Farmers denounce this as a "betrayal", and intend to put pressure on MPs before the opening of the public session scheduled for the same day.
A feeling of injustice and mistrust is driving farmers' anger. After obtaining commitments during the major events of 2024, they now feel that the parliamentary text has been gutted. In their view, measures concerning water storage, access to phytosanitary products and the facilitation offarm expansion have been watered down or eliminated.
Faced with what they perceive as a political retreat, representatives of the profession, including Arnaud Rousseau, President of the FNSEA, have launched a call for mobilization to reiterate the urgency of concrete measures. In a press release published on May 21, the FRSEA referred to "a call for common sense" and a defense of "the future of French agriculture".
This Monday morning, a roadblock was set up at 7:00 am on the N118 towards Paris, in the Saclay sector, just before exit 8. Three tractors blocked the lanes, causing a major slowdown between Les Ulis and Saclay. From Les Ulis (A10) or Marcoussis (N104), to join the A86 towards Vélizy-Villacoublay or Sèvres, we recommend that you continue on or take the A10 towards Paris. At Wissous, take the A6B, then join the A86 inland at Fresnes, heading for Vélizy via the N118, says Sytadin.
Other blockades are underway in the region:
Mobilizations are also planned on the A15, N184 and N104, in both directions, in the form of snail operations. Sytadin ur ges motorists to be cautious, and recommends avoiding these roads by postponing their journeys as long as possible.
In Paris, farmers also mobilized in front of theNational Assembly. At around 7:00 a.m., a dozen of them were setting up a banner in the square, as observed by an ICI Paris Île-de-France reporter. Shortly after 8.00 am, they were joined by eight tractors from the Yvelines region, who parked in front of the building.
Contrary to other one-off actions, the farmers have not set an end date for this movement. The mobilization is set to continue as long as parliamentarians have not, in their view, restored the promises made to the sector. This week will therefore be one to watch closely, for motorists and elected representatives alike.
"We'll stay as long as it takes," says Quentin Le Guillous, General Secretary of the Jeunes Agriculteurs d'Île-de-France. He points out that other roadblocks are planned throughout the region, while insisting on the objective of the movement:"The idea is not to disturb people, but to send a strong message to MPs."
