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Agricultural Show: Emmanuel Macron facing farmers, an exchange at the heart of chaos
Agricultural Show: Emmanuel Macron facing farmers, an exchange at the heart of chaos – (franceinfo)
Saturday February 24, for the first day of the Agricultural Show, President Emmanuel Macron spoke with farmers. In the absence of a major debate, he responded to the questions and criticisms of angry workers, with commitments to boot.
Emmanuel Macron confronted farmers during the Agricultural Show, Saturday February 24. Farmers’ remuneration was at the heart of the discussions. “I can’t even pay for my daughter’s canteen”said one of them. “I am not earning a low income from my farm, I am earning zero euros”, confided another farmer. Like him, many of them showed their anger. “[Il y aura] a floor price, below which the processor cannot buy it, and below which, subsequently, the distributor cannot sell.replied Emmanuel Macron.
Cash flow and administrative simplification
Faced with the president, a breeder raised the issue of suicides. “There is a farmer who commits suicide every two days in France. (…) In August, I almost took action”he declared, urging the president to “act very quickly” on the subject of cash flow. Emmanuel Macron promised “an emergency cash flow plan”with “a case-by-case system”. Beyond income, farmers demand administrative simplification. “We will continue to work hard on simplification, I make a solemn commitment”replied the president, who committed to “remove controls”. The exchange lasted two hours.
