“The agricultural world wants very concrete decisions,” says the president of the FNSEA

Arnaud Rousseau, the president of the National Federation of Farmers’ Unions (FNSEA), will meet at the Élysée on the afternoon of Tuesday February 20, a few days before the opening of the Salon de l ‘agriculture. This year, this meeting will take place in a particular context, marked by the peasant protest. “The agricultural world no longer wants to wait and wants very concrete decisions that change life on our farms”said Arnaud Rousseau, Tuesday morning, in “4 Vérités” on France 2.

“We are in a crisis situation”

Emmanuel Macron is expected on the opening day of the Agricultural Show, Saturday February 24. “We are in a crisis situation. We expect the President of the Republic to provide us with answers”, declared Arnaud Rousseau. On the subject of food sovereignty, the president of the FNSEA recalled that“Today we import a third of our food”. “We lost almost 20% of farmers between 2010 and 2020”he also lamented.