The essential
Gabriel Attal is holding a press conference this Wednesday from Matignon, to speak about the current agricultural crisis.
The Prime Minister must in particular speak about the execution of the measures announced during the blockages.
This press conference comes just three days before the Agricultural Show.
The Young Farmers and FNSEA unions were received this Tuesday at the Élysée.
“The time for political decision must now begin”, declared the head of the FNSEA yesterday.
07:49
“When Europe decides on an obligation, France adds more,” laments Christiane Lambert (Copa-Cogeca)
“France has put burdens on itself in relation to a certain number of practices, rules… When Europe decides on an obligation, France adds more, so we have to think in a European way”, deplores Christiane on Franceinfo Lambert, president of Copa-Cogeca, the federation of the largest agricultural unions in the European Union.
For example, “not to make more demanding rules for the nitrate directive in France.
» She calls for “simplifications”.
07:46
Tractors in Paris?
To maintain the pressure until the end, the FNSEA and its union ally the Young Farmers (JA) have planned in Paris for Friday evening a “procession” of farmers led by a few tractors and ending in front of the doors of the Agricultural Show , which is scheduled to open Saturday.
The details have not yet been fixed and the number of demonstrators is still uncertain, but it is expected that at least some of them will stay there all night, said the secretary general of the FNSEA, Hervé Lapie.
07:40
“Time for political decision”
The agricultural unions have put forward their demands and it is now necessary for "the time for political decision" to begin, declared Tuesday evening the boss of the majority union FNSEA Arnaud Rousseau, after a meeting with Emmanuel Macron.
“Expectations are very high” in the run-up to the opening of the Agricultural Show that the President of the Republic is due to inaugurate on Saturday, he told a few journalists.
07:30
Good morning !
Hello everyone and welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to Gabriel Attal's press conference on the agricultural crisis.