He wants a reaction to the scolding.
The President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron asked the prefects to listen to farmers, who are expressing growing discontent in France as in other European countries - Germany in particular - the Élysée announced this Friday .
“The President of the Republic asked the Minister of the Interior
(Gérald Darmanin)
to instruct the prefects to meet farmers and their representative organizations this weekend,” said the presidency.
“He wants them to discuss directly the issues they express, as close as possible to the field, as the Minister of Agriculture”, Marc Fesneau, “will do tomorrow”
(this Saturday)
, she added .
According to the minister's office, Marc Fesneau will go to Cher in the afternoon "to meet farmers to discuss their issues".
Road blockages
The executive is worried about a spillover effect in society, while issues of discontent accumulate among farmers and in the rural world, and the National Rally (RN) seeks to pose as defender farmers.
Road blockages have multiplied in Occitania in particular.
In Carcassonne, an explosion this week targeted an empty building of the regional environment directorate (Dreal), a department of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, accused of hindering the activity of farmers through administrative harassment.
On a whole series of “hot topics”, the profession “waits for very clear answers before the Agricultural Show” (from February 24 in Paris), warned the president of the FNSEA, Arnaud Rousseau, during of his wishes.
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The subjects of irritation range from inflation to environmental standards, including the price of milk and agricultural products paid to producers, compensation after bad weather or the consequences of global warming.
“There is a general feeling of incomprehension, a perception of not being listened to” indicated a source at the FNSEA this Friday evening.
The union “is raising grievances, it is listening to the field” added this source.
Actions planned for next week
THE FNSEA is meeting its board of directors this Wednesday and its federal council afterwards, and should be able to announce actions to be carried out “next Thursday”, she added.
For its part, Rural Coordination, the second largest French agricultural union, plans to organize “actions throughout France” this Thursday to denounce the “lack of consideration” of French and European policies towards the agricultural world.
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Marc Fesneau is expected to speak this Sunday during the show “Le Grand Jury” RTL/Paris Première/M 6/Le Figaro.
On Monday, he will be traveling to Vendée on the theme of water in agriculture.
Furthermore, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal could be questioned on the subject during a meeting planned with 150 French people this Saturday in the Rhône.
In Germany, farmers, angry because of a plan to increase taxes on agricultural diesel, have increased road blockages and tractor parades.