J ean Lassalle, his beret screwed on his head, takes selfies on the Tarbes-Est toll booth where farmers are blocking the A64 motorway.
Among the angry peasants, the former agricultural technician is not out of place.
“There are elections in June?”
, is surprised by a farmer with whom he is talking.
The double presidential candidate, who is considering leading a list for next June's election, is hardly surprised by this question:
"The people I met have their heads for everything, except for the Europeans, and of all way, given the abstention rate
(
49.88% in 2019), this is not surprising
,” he confides.
If, following Gabriel Attal's announcements on February 1, the FNSEA and the Young Farmers called for the blockades to be lifted, the ten days of mobilization brought agricultural and rural issues to the forefront.
In France as everywhere in Europe, the discontent of farmers, massively supported by public opinion (89% according to an Odoxa-Backbone survey…
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