Blockade of farmers: “The State's word is committed and will be kept” assured Minister Marc Fesneau in Gard

After a visit to Hérault, the Minister of Agriculture ended his trip to Nîmes. Midi Libre – Mickaël Anisset

Present in Nîmes this Friday, February 2 in the early evening for a meeting with local elected officials and representatives of the agricultural world, the Minister of Agriculture played the card of kindness and understanding.

He was expected at 7:30 p.m., but the meetings in Hérault and the closure of the A9 finally led him to go through the door from the Nîmes prefecture three quarters of an hour later.

"Showing what we do for viticulture"

In a decided tone, before approaching a meeting where local and national elected officials and representatives of the Gard agricultural world were waiting for him, Marc Fesneau, minister of Agriculture, s'stopped for a minute in front of the press, assuring that he wanted "absolutely come to Gard because there were specific issues that arose". And in fact, after more than a week of motorway blockage, the meeting which was held behind closed doors upstairs at the prefecture ended. is shown dense…

"What I have to say is that the word of the State is engaged and the word of the State will be held, thus supported Marc Fesneau, understanding that the government now still needed "of&#39 ;explain, to show what we are doing for viticulture and for other sectors." The Minister of Agriculture continued with the idea that the State still had simplification issues to address. And that this wave of agricultural anger which was coming to an end this Friday, February 2 would not remain a dead letter.  

"Things don't stop there and the work continues"

"It's because the movement is no longer present "territorially" in the street, if I may say so, that there is no need to continue working. Things don't stop there and the work continues. This is what I came to do this evening in Nîmes, concluded Marc Fesneau before starting a long evening of discussions.