fifth February 2024
The French authorities has made concessions and the threatened journey disruption which will have affected ski resorts this weekend has eased. UPDATED
French farmers are demanding simply costs and fewer bureaucratic purple tape.
We reported on the disruption and its influence on entry to ski resorts within the Alps and the Pyrenees on this earlier article on PlanetSKI:
President Emmanuel Macron’s authorities has now pledged it’s going to scrap plans to boost tax contributions on tractor diesel, ease pesticide laws, and put a pause on new fallow land guidelines and extra security checks on meals imports.
The farmers have lifted their blockades.
Nonetheless, the farming unions will not be 100% glad and haven’t dominated out additional motion.
“We’re not 100 per cent glad. It’s sure that there have been measures taken, it’s all the time higher than nothing, however hey, we’re not going to surrender,” mentioned a press release from one farmers’ union.
UK ski tour operators we have now spoken to are hopeful the transfers at the beginning on the half-term holidays this weekend will go forward with out incident.
Many although are nonetheless warning shoppers of doable disruptions.
“We are going to nonetheless advise our shoppers going this weekend and subsequent, to be ready for delays, simply in case,” one mentioned to PlanetSKI.
