at the FNSEA congress, farmers await “concrete answers” ​​from the minister during a “invigorating” visit

The 78th congress of the FNSEA, the main union in the agricultural sector, ends Thursday in Dunkirk (North) in the presence of the Minister of Agriculture. Marc Fesneau is expected on the executive’s promises which are struggling to materialize.

The FNSEA congress, which ends Thursday March 28, is a special edition for farmers, after several weeks of mobilization and while the presentation of the agricultural orientation bill is still postponed by the government until next Wednesday April 3 .

The opportunity for the majority union to take stock of the executive’s promises in the company of Marc Fesneau, expected to close the congress. His coming risks being “tonic”, according to the Minister of Agriculture’s own words.

“The minister will be challenged”

The Minister of Agriculture’s speech to the FNSEA congress is likely to be heckled. “Of course, the minister will be challenged, prophesies Damien Greffin, vice-president of the agricultural union. The idea is that it is also welcomed in a republican way, that it is listened to. That doesn’t mean that the farmers who are present won’t challenge him or tell him what they have to say.”

After several months of mobilization, many people like Laurent and Daniel say they are burned by the government’s multiple announcements : “I would like not to waste any more time. I hope that there will really be an announcement that is concrete. It has been brewing for around twenty years and there have been responses that have not been not been processed.”

“Today, the political world would grow to provide these answers.”

a farmer at the FNSEA congress

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All farmers say it again and again: they want concrete things, precise dates. And Jean-Marie Dirat, FNSEA representative in Occitanie, warns that, on the ground, “anger still simmers“: “I would say it’s hot, I’ll call it that.” Beyond Marc Fesneau’s speech, the FNSEA sees further and reminds Emmanuel Macron that he has still not kept his promise, that of seeing them again as soon as possible