Question 16036 — public order

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Ms. Pauline Cestrières draws the attention of the Minister of the Interior to the increase in undeclared festive gatherings of a musical nature organized on private agricultural land. In recent weeks, several departments, notably Aveyron, Lozère, Tarn-et-Garonne and Hérault, have been confronted with the installation of rave parties, free parties or teknivals on agricultural farms without the agreement of their owners. The National Assembly recently adopted at first reading the bill aimed at strengthening the criminalization of the organization of rave parties. Furthermore, the emergency bill for agricultural protection and sovereignty provides for a strengthening of sanctions applicable to intrusions, theft and damage committed on agricultural operations. These developments reflect a welcome awareness of the need to better protect those who produce and feed France. If the criminal response is essential, it does not solve everything. On the ground, many farmers feel that they are still too often left alone to face the consequences of these illegal installations. When several hundred, even several thousand people settle for several days on agricultural land, the consequences can be considerable: destroyed fences, soiled pastures, abandoned waste, significant presence of human waste, temporary impossibility of using certain plots for feeding herds and sometimes significant economic damage. She asks what additional measures the Government intends to implement to prevent these illicit occupations and guarantee rapid and coordinated intervention by state services in order to ensure the effective protection of agricultural operations. She also asks whether national instructions have been given to prefects in order to ensure systematic support for farmers who are victims of these occupations, in particular for the observation and assessment of the damage suffered by farms, the mobilization of the competent State services, the initiation of prosecutions as well as access to existing compensation schemes, where applicable in conjunction with the local authorities concerned.

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