The head of the largest agricultural union in France confirmed on Sunday, on the last day of the agricultural exhibition, that farmers intend to continue their “actions on the ground.”
Arnaud Rousseau, head of the National Federation of Farmers' Unions, which is also the largest in Europe, explained that after the French government's promises, farmers are waiting for “very concrete things to happen” on their farms, stressing that his union is not calling for a national mobilization, “but every province can take the initiative to take action.” certain”.
He stressed that “the embers are still hot and nothing has ended” at the conclusion of the annual agricultural exhibition in the capital, Paris, which was held while Europe was witnessing a comprehensive movement of anger in the agricultural sector.
Since the start of the farmer protests in January, the French government has promised more than €400 million in emergency aid, strengthening laws protecting farmers' incomes and making agriculture a “key national interest.”
The government also pledged to ease restrictions, especially environmental ones, with concessions on pesticides.
Like their European counterparts who demonstrated in Spain, Germany, Greece, Poland, Italy and Portugal, French farmers are protesting against competition that they consider unfair from countries outside the European Union that are therefore not subject to the same rules, and against bureaucracy and standards that they consider too burdensome.
French farmers denounce the very low purchasing price for their produce and the lack of aid for this sector.
The European Union had formulated proposals, a short time ago, in order to ease the “pressure” of the regulations in force on farmers and meet their demands, such as easing conditions related to pastures and simplifying administrative transactions.
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