“Industrialists must play the game”, warns Julien Denormandie

A resilience plan of 7 billion euros was announced by the government on Wednesday March 16. What will be the amount of aid for farmers? “Just on animal feed, it is an aid of 400 million euros”explains Julien Denormandie, Minister of Agriculture, guest of the “4 Truths” of France 2, Thursday March 17.

The executive wants to open new negotiations with the producers. “This means that today, with this plan, we are able to provide very concrete responses to the increase in the cost of production. But at the same time, we know very well that manufacturers, the big distribution, show solidarity and play the game. A farmer cannot take on all the additional costs from his own income”specifies Julien Denormandie. “There is a de facto increase” on food prices, he adds.

How to put pressure on distributors? “In the context of foodstuffs, we have passed a new law called Egalim 2. It aims to require distributors to start from the production costs of our farmers. It must be applied, we are putting a lot of pressure so that ‘it is applied’assures the Minister of Agriculture.