Yesterday, several hundred tobacconists from all over France demonstrated on the outskirts of Paris and in the capital to denounce the 10-euro package that the government wants to put in place by 2020.
1000 BURALISTS AND A TON OF CARROTS DEVERSE!
They notably carried out a snail operation on the ring road. At the beginning of the afternoon, a demonstration made up of departmental delegations of tobacconists started on the outskirts of the Ministry of Health towards the National Assembly. Earlier, at midday, the demonstrators went to the ministry to dump a ton of carrots, the symbol of their trade. They approached on foot while the building was protected by the police.
At around 9 a.m., on the inner ring road, reaching Porte d'Italie from Porte de Bagnolet took around 8 minutes. At the start of the morning, shortly before 4 am, tobacconists also blocked two lanes of the AXNUMX motorway towards Porte de Bercy then Quai d'Issy.
Under the sloganA France without tobacconists?“, They denounce the new tax increases decided by the government of Edouard Philippe in order to eventually increase the price of a packet of cigarettes to 10 euros. Their argument: this increase will promote smuggling, encourage consumers to obtain supplies in neighboring countries and threaten the existence of tobacco shops by depriving them of significant revenues.
The president of the Federation of tobacconists of Île-de-France, Bernard Gasq, asked about franceinfo, believes that the rise in the package threat of closure about '5 000 flowers". "We have already seen that successive price increases had nothing to do with public health.», He adds. He also explains that the comparison with other countries which strongly tax tobacco does not hold: "All of these countries have closed borders. We have all open borders, so we won't be able to have a health policy. It is as if we put water in a basin while it is pierced.»
