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The cereal producer and president of the Avril food group officially succeeds Christiane Lambert at the head of the agricultural union. A radical change.
By Geraldine Woessner
Pragmatic. Arnaud Rousseau, 49, on the land of the family farm in Trocy-en-Multien (Seine-et-Marne), of which he has been mayor since 2014. Stated objective: to “support” the development of the sector by betting on innovation.
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“VSLike the anti-Americans for Bush, they will love to hate him! » noted at the end of March the political scientist Eddy Fougier, specialist in environmental movements, the day after the FNSEA congress which saw its emblematic president, Christiane Lambert, bow out. Alone in the running to succeed him, the cereal farmer Arnaud Rousseau, who had discreetly declared himself a candidate in December, drew the wrath of his detractors even before his formal election, expected on April 13, at the head of the agricultural union. “Agribusiness heavyweight”, “propesticides”, embodiment of a policy “promoting large producers and intensive agriculture” scolded several press titles, surfing on a political current opposing more and more violently the different models…
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