Sovereignty.
Never has this word, which smelled of mothballs in an era of overwhelming globalization, been so relevant.
Reappearing from time to time during the pandemic, when France woke up without masks at hand, it is at the heart of the agricultural crisis.
Thursday, Emmanuel Macron and Gabriel Attal had only this word on their lips.
The President of the Republic, from Brussels, where he was participating in a summit of the Twenty-Seven, affirmed that it was necessary to
“in-depth review”
the European approach to agricultural policy, to change the
“software”
and the
“model”
of production.
The champion of the start-up nation, of the most advanced European integration, suddenly became the advocate of a
“form of common sense”
on the farm, of certainly European sovereignty, but with
“derogations”
national policies and
“simplifications”
.
Formulas never heard at the Élysée for seven years!
Gabriel Attal, who was in Paris to put out the fire in the countryside, promised, for his part...
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