Arnaud Rousseau near Beauvais, north of Paris, January 28, 2024. (AFP / JULIEN DE ROSA)
“Our objective is not to annoy or ruin the lives of the French, it is to put pressure on the government to quickly find solutions to end the crisis,” said the president of the FNSEA. Arnaud Rousseau, this Monday January 29 at the microphone of RTL.
The discontent of the farmers does not weaken. At the microphone of
RTL
this Monday, January 29, the president of the FNSEA Arnaud Rousseau announced that he was
“planned” that he speaks with Prime Minister Gabriel Attal
during the day.
As of Friday evening, just after the announcements of emergency measures by the head of government, the head of the majority agricultural union indicated that he was ready to meet the head of government the next day to discuss the situation. “We are scheduled to speak (during the day) with the Prime Minister but as I speak to you,
I don’t know what time”,
he said this Monday.
On the continuation of road and highway blockages, “our objective is not to annoy or ruin the lives of the French, it is to put pressure on the government to quickly
we find solutions to end the crisis”,
declared Arnaud Rousseau. The capital “will be surrounded by a certain number of tractor convoys but at a good distance because we
does not want violence”,
he detailed, specifying that the farmers plan to be “between 30 and 40 kilometers from the capital on the main highways from 2 p.m.”. “We are increasing the pressure because we understood that when it was far from Paris there was no reception of the message,” underlined the manager.
The mobilization will continue “everywhere in France, in all territories, with the very concrete objective of having
announcements of emergency measures
which concern the foundations of our profession”, he said, referring to prices and the reciprocity of standards for imported products.