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Anger of farmers: “I’m afraid we will be disappointed once again,” says a union representative from Rural Coordination
Anger of farmers: “I’m afraid that we will be disappointed once again”, anticipates the co-president of the Lot-et-Garonne Rural Coordination – (franceinfo)
Karine Duc, co-president of the Lot-et-Garonne rural coordination, is the guest of 19/20 info, Tuesday February 13, while two other farmers’ unions were received in Matignon during the day, and that his union will be received at the Élysée on Wednesday.
The FNSEA and Young Farmers unions were received in Matignon on Tuesday February 13. “I don’t expect much, unfortunately, unless there is a start from the government”indicates Karine Duc, co-president of the Lot-et-Garonne rural coordination, in the 19/20 info. “I’m afraid we’ll be disappointed again.”, she anticipates. The Rural Coordination union will be received on Wednesday February 14 at the Élysée.
“No preferential treatment”
After the promises, Karine Duc asks for concrete measures. She wishes “a calendar with fixed commitments”. “Action movements are already being prepared”, she says. Before the Agricultural Show, “we will be forced to project ourselves into action, into union demands and into the poor reception of all of the policies”, says the co-president of the Lot-et-Garonne Rural Coordination. For her, farmers did not benefit from preferential treatment during the demonstrations. “We paid a high price, we went to court many, many times”she concludes.
