After the time of government promises to calm the anger of farmers comes the time of their implementation. But, in the farmyards, the wait is long. “
Despite our various meetings with the delegate minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher, our sector is still on borrowed time,
” complains Pierre Varlet, general director of the Association of Endive Producers of France.
The use of benfluralin, an active ingredient which fights against invasive weeds, is in fact only permitted by the European Union until May 12, just before sowing. For 2025, we are helpless. This puts 300 companies and 4,000 people in a bind.”
More than two months after the first demonstrations, the peasant world continues to chomp at the bit, waiting to see the measures announced by Gabriel Attal finally applied
. “Farmers are no longer taking the bait of political promises that don’t come to fruition,”
Arnaud Rousseau, president of the FNSEA, warned on Thursday…
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