“It’s neither the USSR nor the Wild West”: relive Gabriel Attal’s unexpected speech at the Agricultural Show

Le Premier ministre a effectué une visite inattendue au Salon de l'agriculture ce dimanche. EPA POOL – TERESA SUAREZ/POOL

Gabriel Attal s'est rendu au Salon de l'agriculture ce dimanche 25 février en début de soirée. Le premier ministre y a tenu un discours improvisé pour revenir sur la crise agricole que traverse le pays.

24 hours after the very eventful arrival of Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal went to the Agricultural Show this Sunday February 25 at around 8 p.m. hours, one hour after the Salon closes to the public, for a dinner on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the event.

While Jordan Bardella had wandered into the living room a little earlier in the day, and attacked Emmanuel Macron and the European Union, Gabriel Attal made a surprise visit to meet exhibitors and sector managers. The Prime Minister spoke above all to discuss the context of the agricultural crisis that the country is going through.

"Neither the USSR, nor the Wild West"

The resident of Matignon first began his speech by saluting the importance of the Salon in the eyes of the French. "Each opening day of the Show is a national holiday". "60 years of Salon is 60 years of passion", he summed up.

"The Salon is neither a media circus, nor a political circus, nor an activist circus", then affirmed the Prime Minister. "I came to say today that the entire government is alongside our farmers. We need rules, with a clear objective: to protect", he assured, before adding that agriculture does not' 39;is "neither the USSR, nor the Wild West".