The mantra of the field. Two days after his trip to Haute-Garonne, where he announced a first series of measures in response to the anger of farmers, Gabriel Attal returned to meet them, Sunday January 28, on a farm near Tours. “If you hadn’t come, the department, I think, would have been on fire this morning.”told him the president of the Departmental Federation of Farmers’ Unions (FDSEA) of Indre-et-Loire, Frédérique Alexandre. “It’s good that I’m here, then.”smiled the Prime Minister. “I don’t know if that should make you smile.”the union leader retorted, seeing it as a sign of vanity.
“You know, I’m presenting on Tuesday [30 janvier] my general policy statement, the Matignon tenant had to explain, stung. My advisors, all those behind me in gray suits, told me to stay in Paris to prepare it. I smiled because I decided not to follow the advice I was given and to go into the field…” “Even if it’s difficult, even if I get yelled at, I don’t want to lose the thread of the dialogue”he clarified later. At his side, the Renaissance deputy for Indre-et-Loire Daniel Labaronne saw in this exchange “a moment of truth”.
A week after the start of the crisis, while the National Federation of Farmers’ Unions (FNSEA) predicts a “week of all dangers”, Gabriel Attal plays the humility card. Sunday in Indre-et-Loire, he admitted not having “not answered” has “all that constitutes the discomfort and uneasiness of our farmers”, despite the dozen announcements made on Friday. These first measures, ” This is just the beginning “he promised, committing to “continue day after day, week after week, to move forward”.
“I want us to clarify things and see what additional measures we can take on these stories of unfair competition”, notably launched the head of government. They will be announced “from Tuesday probably”, specified, Sunday on BFM-TV, the Minister of Agriculture, Marc Fesneau, because “we need measures that give credibility to public speech.”
“Resolved to move forward quickly”
“Even in an hour of speeches, the government could not respond” to all sectors and all regions, however, observes the Renaissance deputy for Val-de-Marne Frédéric Descrozaille, former president of the National Center for Young Farmers (today the Young Farmers), who sees “for the first time such a multitude of demands, often hyperlocal”.
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