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VIDEO. CAP reform: farmers block the Ile-de-France region against “unacceptable and inapplicable” measures

2021-04-02T16:46:33.208Z


Several filter dams and snail operations organized by farmers took place this Friday morning to protest against the r


Difficult to circulate, this Friday morning, on the roads of the Paris region.

FNSEA farmers blocked several roads in Ile-de-France with their tractors to protest against the reform of the CAP which would give priority to organic and agroecology.

On the Ile-de-France between Villiers-le-Sec and Attainville, around 20 of them have made an appointment at 7 a.m.

"We would like to send a warning shot to the President of the Republic to tell him that we are determined to defend ourselves and that we will not let him sacrifice our agriculture," says Guillaume Moret, farmer in Plessis-Gassot and responsible for the rally local.

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France is currently working on its national strategic plan (PSN), its version of the future common agricultural policy (CAP) which it is due to present to the European Commission in June.

In the sights of farmers on the roads Friday, eco-schemes or "eco-scheme", a new source of funding conditional on the establishment of more environmentally friendly practices.

"We are told that part of our aid will be reduced by 30 to 40%, and that we will make it conditional on environmental measures that are both unacceptable and inapplicable," says Guillaume Moret.

Source: leparis

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