Farmers’ anger: the government is “progressing” on its commitments, assures Gabriel Attal

Faced with pressure from agricultural unions, the executive insists it works. The government must continue to show “that we are progressing,” Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said Thursday at a farm in the Marne. “I perfectly understand the expectations and impatience of our farmers, our plant breeders, and our task is to respond to them,” he insisted, at a time when trade union organizations are waiting for concrete practice in fulfilling the obligations assumed by the state. at the very beginning of the month, at the end of a two-week blockade initiated by farmers.

After receiving on Tuesday the head of FNSEA, the profession’s main trade union, as well as the president of the Young Farmers organization, the head of government assured that he would hold “regular meetings” with these actors, one per month. “We have a responsibility to keep things moving forward,” he acknowledged, while ensuring that the farmers he meets on his trips are “fully aware that certain projects are bound to take a little longer.” “It is important to always maintain dialogue because we must be able to bear responsibility,” said Gabriel Attal nine days before the decisive meeting of the Agricultural Exhibition.

FNSEA President Arnaud Rousseau, who has been intensifying his warnings to the executive branch in recent days, repeated on Thursday morning on RTL that he is not ready to “reduce the pressure” “as long as the commitments (made by the government) are not maintained.” “Sometimes there may be statements or loud phrases. We want this to happen (…) on our farms,” he added.