the RN “wakes up” before the Europeans, instructs the European Commissioner for the Internal Market

“A mandate is five years! It is not three months before the deadlines!” criticizes Thierry Breton who assures that the National Rally has never concerned itself with the subject before the European Parliament.

“They never talk about these questions in the European Parliament”. While the anger of farmers rumbles, the European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, attacks the National Rally (RN) on France Inter on Sunday. On Saturday, the president of the party, Jordan Bardella, pointed out the responsibility for “Macron’s Europe” who wants, according to him, “the death of our agriculture”.

“You heard them [parler des questions agricoles], except yesterday? They wake up ? But anyway, a mandate is five years! It’s not three months before the deadline!”, charges Thierry Breton, while Jordan Bardella, MEP, is campaigning for his re-election. He is also the head of his party’s list for the next European elections. “You invited him to talk about the agricultural sector two years ago? No, and why? That’s when we were discussing it”he still criticizes.

The former French Minister of the Economy discusses the grievances of farmers who are mobilizing in France, Germany and the Netherlands. “Everyone has legitimate problems,” according to him. “In France, we obviously hear the demands of the agricultural community. There are several, and mainly the fact that in the fight against inflation, we absolutely cannot focus all the efforts on the agricultural sector”, he adds. For him, the government has “heard” this application.

“We must help the agricultural sector, our continent’s farmers play an absolutely essential role”; he emphasizes. The European Union (EU) is not failing them, he reminds: “More than a third of the EU budget, that is to say 386 billion euros every seven years, is dedicated to agriculture. It is 55 billion in 2024 and France is the first beneficiary, with 17% of this aid”he points out.

Thierry Breton also says he understands the feeling, among some farmers, of being crushed by regulations. “One of my struggles is to reduce the standards that weigh, not only on the agricultural sector, but on all SMEs, which obviously include many agricultural operations” And “the commitment is made to reduce them by 25 %”. According to him, “we are going forward”.