Prime Minister Jean Castex on Saturday promised "exceptional envelopes" to help farmers cope with the frost episode which this week affected 10 of the 13 French regions, announcing immediately the removal of the cap from the compensation scheme for agricultural calamities.
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The government also intends to "use all the means at our disposal in such circumstances, in particular in relation to the charges", and will "bring together bankers, insurers and all the actors who will be able to be mobilized" to respond to this crisis, added the Prime Minister after a visit to a farm in Ardèche.
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As early as Friday, the government announced the deployment of the agricultural calamity regime following the frost episode.
“Our mobilization is total so that the accompanying measures are put in place as quickly as possible.
We are going to launch in particular the implementation of the agricultural calamity regime, ”assured Julien Denormandie, the Minister of Agriculture, on France Info.
