France: Fishermen's Blockades Lifted Following Paris Meeting
Deputy Minister for the Sea and Fishing, Catherine Chabaud, is set to visit Grau-du-Roi and Sète on Monday to meet with fishermen after a six-hour meeting with their representatives.
The anger of French fishermen is subsiding and blockades have been lifted, according to information reported Friday, September 18 by France 24.
According to the source, Deputy Minister for the Sea and Fishing Catherine Chabaud announced on Friday, following a six-hour meeting held in Paris with representatives of Mediterranean fishermen, that she would visit them on Monday, September 21 in Grau-du-Roi (Gard) and Sète (Hérault).
Details on the specific reasons for the mobilization and the content of the discussions were not specified in the available excerpt from the source.
The minister's planned visit to these two Mediterranean coastal towns follows up on the discussions that took place in Paris with representatives from the fishing sector.
Sources
- France : la colère des pêcheurs retombe, les blocages levés — France 24 — Français
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