Laurent Wauquiez is the president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. He is believed to have presidential ambitions for 2027.

“If the government thinks it has bought the silence of farmers, it will make a big mistake” According to him, the issue is so crucial for the country that it cannot be reduced to a banal “comm stunt” An arrow fired at the head of government, who had to try again three times over the past two weeks before the anger of farmers subsided.