Anger of farmers: what Gabriel Attal promised this Sunday morning while traveling to a farm in Indre-et-Loire

Le Premier ministre, Gabriel Attal, s'est rendu dimanche dans une ferme d'Indre-et-Loire pour tenter une nouvelle fois de désamorcer la colère des agriculteurs. MAXPPP – Alexis Sciard

The head of government visited a market garden where farmers and union representatives again expressed their grievances to him, ranging from their income problems to administrative constraints and environmental standards, against a backdrop of feelings of disrepute.

The Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, went to a farm in Indre-et-Loire on Sunday to try once again to defuse the anger of the farmers that 39;have not appeased its various announcements on Friday, the FNSEA and the Young Farmers threatening to organize a "siege" from Paris from Monday. The head of government visited a market garden where farmers and union representatives again presented their grievances to him, ranging from their income problems to administrative constraints and environmental standards, against a backdrop of feelings of disrepute.

There are things that cannot be changed overnight

"I understand perfectly what you are saying about contradictory injunctions and the feeling that we no longer know where we are going&quot ;, he told them, reiterating his promises made on Friday on administrative simplification or the end of the increase in the tax on non-road diesel (GNR). While promising to "protect" farmers and to think about new measures against unfair competition from other European countries not applying the same environmental standards as France, Gabriel Attal nevertheless warned that "there are things that cannot be changed overnight". "On is determined, (…) we will raise and continue to raise this issue and our positions, our convictions at the European level", he however subsequently promised during the greeting ceremony of local MP Fabienne Colboc (Renaissance).

If farmers have lifted many of their roadblocks across France since Friday, their union representatives have warned that their mobilization will continue despite the Prime Minister's announcements. The branches of the FNSEA, the country's leading agricultural union, and Young Farmers in the Paris region and the north of France called on Saturday for a "siege"< /em> from Paris from Monday "for an indefinite period".