“We no longer want cowboys in our countryside.
We're not bandits.
» In front of the departmental headquarters of the French Biodiversity Office (OFB) of Orne, wrapped by 200 farmers, this banner summed up, Tuesday January 30, the anger of part of the farming world against the 1,700 inspectors of the environment who crisscross our countryside to track down non-compliance with ecological standards, pollution or acts of poaching.
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Several OFB buildings have been damaged or blocked in recent days by slurry or tire fires.
In the sights of the FNSEA and the Young Farmers Union: the “pressure of controls” carried out by these sworn and armed agents.
“Of the 400,000 French farms, OFB inspectors carried out 2,759 individual administrative checks last year, or 0.75% of farms inspected,” recalls Éric Gourdin, Unsa-ecology general secretary and member of the council. of administration of the OFB.
Does this show a relentlessness towards the agricultural world?
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