“The objective is not to annoy the French,” says the president of the FNSEA

The day after a new meeting between Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and two agricultural unions (the Rural Coordination and the Peasant Confederation), farmers continued their actions on Wednesday January 24 in several departments.

“The objective is not to annoy the French“, affirms the president of the FNSEA on franceinfo this Wednesday, but for Arnaud Rousseau, the objective is “to obtain rapid results.” “There will be a little more than forty” demands, he asserts, particularly around “recognition of the profession” or “the fair income“. They denounce in particular the price of diesel, the administrative overload, or even environmental constraints which they consider too heavy.

“Political communication is not the time”

“All departments will come into action“, he warns. A few moments earlier, on France 2, he had announced that approximately “85 departments will carry out actions“, and this “de continuously or sporadically” because “we have to hold on over time and that’s the whole point of this balance of power”. For him, it is a “unprecedented anger” : “It’s been a long, long time since we’ve had this level of commitment.”

The president of the FNSEA also returned to the tragedy that occurred in Pamiers, in Ariège: a breeder and her daughter were killed in an accident on a dam on Tuesday January 23. “When you have this type of drama, political communication is not the time“, denounced Arnaud Rousseau, pointing the finger at certain political figures.