This Wednesday, October 16, the two majority farmers’ unions in Aveyron organized a symbolic action aimed at making the demands of the agricultural world heard.
Show that the anger is still there. After a calmer summer on the demands front, marked by work in the fields, the FDSEA of Aveyron and the Young Farmers decided to do it again this Wednesday, October 16 in Rodez. Because since January and the peak of the farmers’ demonstration movement throughout France and particularly in Aveyron – despite Gabriel Attal’s announcements on January 26 -, in the countryside, the subject remains tense.
“We still haven’t had any answers.”
And this is what the two major unions in Aveyron, at the head of the department’s Chamber of Agriculture, wanted to highlight. As a sign of protest, the sign indicating the path to the prefecture – at the corner of Boulevard Gambetta and Rue Louis-Blanc – in Rodez, was covered up. “With this action, we show our desire to get back on the ground, explains Léo Nakich, president of the JA de l’Aveyron, alongside Samuel Maymard, secretary general of the FDSEA. We still have no answers or concrete facts following the issues for which we mobilized at the start of the year.”
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Thus, if Annie Genevard, new Minister of Agriculture, wanted to be reassuring in recent days, announcing the payment of the CAP for “93% of farmers”this Wednesday, October 16 or even his desire to “hunt for unnecessary standards”JA and FDSEA are not convinced. “Some progress can be noted, but there is work to be done”replies Léo Nakich, referring to the envelope of 75 million euros promised by Prime Minister Michel Barnier, during the Livestock Show, to support breeders whose flocks have been affected by bluetongue. “We must support French breeding and help the territories that support it”insist the farmers who plead for a breeding plan.
The LOA still awaited
Because the agricultural world judges that since the striking actions at the start of the year, things have changed too little. “The pressure is mounting in the countryside, we can’t wait any longer”continue the two representatives with one voice. The orientation law for sovereignty in agricultural matters and the renewal of generations in agriculture, eagerly awaited, has been on standby since its vote last May by the National Assembly, due to the political paralysis experienced as a result. of the dissolution at the Palais Bourbon.
At a time when the finance committee of the National Assembly begins to study the 2025 budget, the action takes on a whole new meaning, highlighting the importance of agriculture, while budget cuts are planned in many sectors. “We have taken note of the numerous restrictions planned by the new government, but many of the measures that we are defending, in particular on the simplification of standards, will not require financial efforts”estimates the sheep breeder, based in Nant. A first symbolic action organized in Rodez, while later in the evening, FDSEA and JA from neighboring departments also mobilized. The fire of anger still smolders, and only a few embers could reignite it.
