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The president of the FNSEA denounces the violence of the demonstrations in Sainte-Soline in Deux-Sèvres, the weekend of October 29.
“Agriculture is being held hostage”, deplores Wednesday November 2 on franceinfo the president of the FNSEA Christiane Lambert, after the demonstrations “anti-basins” which occurred in Sainte-Soline (Deux-Sèvres) on the weekend of October 29. Christiane Lambert says she sees a “demonization” of agriculture and denounces the “extreme politicization” of the debate, which she calls for “appease”. The president of the first agricultural union also condemns the violence that punctuated the demonstrations against the mega-basin project.
“If those who don’t agree break up, march in the street and challenge the police with pétanque balls, where do we go?”
Christiane Lambert, President of the FNSEAat franceinfo
Christiane Lambert particularly points the finger “La France Insoumise deputies who advocate democracy when they are in the Assembly and who go hand-to-hand with the police”.
While the work of the mega-basins project must resume in Sainte-Soline (Deux-Sèvres), the president of the FNSEA, Christiane Lambert, affirms this Wednesday on franceinfo that “the consultation took place” and “democracy must apply”. She recalls that “the site has been authorized, the studies carried out”. “There was a debate for ten years”, she adds. For Christiane Lambert, farmers who want to resume work “are within their rights”.
Mega-basins ➡️ “The climate is changing, agriculture is changing”, justifies the president of the FNSEA. “Taking water in winter when it is abundant to store it for use in summer is good That’s what I do with green beans in my garden.” pic.twitter.com/Zr8Z9rz6Qf
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Christiane Lambert believes that this mega-basins project falls “common sense”. “Taking water in winter when it is abundant to store it and use it in summer (…) that’s what I do with the green beans in my garden”, she assures. She explains that the mega-pools will benefit “a cooperative chaired by a farmer”. “It’s anything but agribusiness, it’s anything but big capital, it’s the social and solidarity economy”defends the president of the FNSEA.