Anger of farmers: “We will continue to have actions on the ground”, warns the president of the FNSEA

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Anger of farmers: “We will continue to have actions on the ground”, warns the president of the FNSEA

Arnaud Rousseau, le président de la FNSEA, a affirmé que “les actions sur le terrain” se poursuivront après le Salon de l'agriculture. ILLUSTRATION MAXPPP – Mathieu Pattier

Invited on the BFMTV set this Sunday, March 2, the president of the FNSEA, Arnaud Rousseau, affirmed that "the embers" of the farmers' anger "are still burning" and promised that other actions would be carried out on the ground. New blockages in France cannot be ruled out in the coming days.

As the Agricultural Show prepares to close its doors this Sunday, March 3, at the end of a sixtieth edition under tension… ;marked by agricultural anger, the president of the FNSEA, the majority agricultural union, affirmed on BFMTV that "actions on the ground will continue" < /em>in the coming weeks. 

"The embers are burning, nothing is finished", declared Arnaud Rousseau.&nbsp ;"On the political level, things are clearly not over", he clarified, stressing that the Farmers expect "very concrete achievements" promises from the government on their farm.

Towards new blockages ? 

Even if the FNSEA does not call for a national mobilization: "Each department retains the initiative to be able to do a certain number of actions", explained Arnaud Rousseau.

This climate of high tension follows several weeks of demonstrations by farmers, in France as in the rest of Europe. They are protesting against administrative constraints, an excess of standards restricting for example their access to water, but also the policy of low prices practiced by supermarkets, competition deemed unfair from other countries such as Ukraine, and the Union's strict environmental rules.

"The time of protest has taken place"

Also guest of BFM Politique, and invited to react to these remarks, the Minister of Agriculture Marc Fesnau affirmed that it is up to his government "to remove doubts and show that we are moving forward" but he believes that "the time for protest has taken place& quot;. 

The minister indicated that the head of state should meet "around March 15" the trade union organizations and the agricultural and wine sectors in order to determine "common expectations and to develop a certain number of proposals".

"There is a need to construct floor prices (…) which are a reference", also reaffirmed Marc Fesnau, referring to the setting of prices through negotiation which cover farmers' production prices.

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