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While the news in January was very busy, between the appointment of a new prime minister - Gabriel Attal -, and the unexpected anger of farmers, the government's response and communication on the matter largely occupied the attention. media sound.
This is why the president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, who is believed to have presidential ambitions for 2027, intervened in the debate this Friday.
Once the pressure of the crisis has subsided.
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Guest of France Bleu Drôme Ardèche, Laurent Wauquiez indicated that
“the crisis in the agricultural world was very deep”
.
And that there is
“a long work ahead.”
Warnings which pushed the former president of the Republicans to send a message to the executive:
“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 the farmers subsided and the roadblocks were lifted.
Activism three years before the presidential election
“Agriculture is hard work,”
thundered Laurent Wauquiez.
Who doesn’t believe in the
“magic wand”
hypothesis ?
Brushing off the peasants who denounce increasingly onerous environmental standards, Nicolas Sarkozy's former minister assured that France had
"the most environmentally friendly agriculture in the world."
“In our country, acting for the environment means supporting our farmers.”
Asked about his activism beyond his region, in favor of farmers, a significant electoral source three years before the next presidential election, Laurent Wauquiez, who intends to be
“listening”
, simply kicked in:
“You what would you like?
That I stay in my office while there is such a deep crisis in the rural world?