The Agricultural Show, which opens this Saturday at the Porte de Versailles in Paris, promises to be eventful. Strengthen the Egalim system, facilitate the arrival of foreign seasonal workers on farms, abandon the pesticide measurement indicator currently used, defended by environmentalists… Gabriel Attal’s latest announcements on Wednesday did not convince. According to information from Europe 1, farmers plan to carry out several striking actions throughout the event.
According to the various right-wing mayor of Béziers, Robert Ménard, guest of La Grande interview Europe 1/CNews on Thursday, the Agricultural Show risks being “rock ‘n’ roll”. “When I say rock ‘n’ roll, it’s an understatement. They’re fed up!” he said.
“Paris is not France”
If Gabriel Attal wishes to place agriculture “at the rank of fundamental interests” of France in the same way as its security or its defense, this is not convincing. At the microphone of Europe 1, Robert Ménard denounced the contempt of the State. “The farmers represent this France which is not the one we usually see. Paris is not France, the regional capitals are not France and it oozes contempt,” he said. -he rocks.
A contempt which can be found on other subjects, according to the mayor of Béziers. “The day after the floods in my town, Madame Borne spent two hours with me without looking at me, as if I was not there,” he thundered. “A lot of people vote for me for these reasons, because they have the feeling that we are the spokesperson for this part of France, this part of France that you don’t find in politics, that you can’t find it in the media. Look at the candidates for the presidential election: if you’re not Parisian, how can you be a candidate? It’s ten times more complicated,” said Robert Ménard.
“It’s not just big cities, there’s this country that exists,” he concluded. According to an Odoxa – Backbone Consulting survey for Figaro91% of French people support the farmers’ movement.