Last November, Lucien Stanzione inaugurated La Maison de la lavande. A symbol for a suffering sector because if lavender is a world heritage it is an actor in the economy of the Pays de Sault. But in fact it is the entire agricultural economy that is called into question: wine, cherries, livestock. Faced with it: climate change, the weight of regulations which is not the same depending on the country. In short, we are in the midst of a transformation of agriculture, food consumption and environmental issues. And at the end of the tunnel? Food sovereignty.
While he participated in the inauguration of the lavender house Lucien Stanzione, senator from Vaucluse did not hide his satisfaction:
“The structure embodies the economic and human enhancement of landscapes,” he noted. However, the fight continues in particular: “The Unesco (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) candidacy, the historic envelope of €10 million that I worked to get voted for and whose I continue to defend strict application (4M€ still to be obtained), the defense of essential oils in the face of regulations in Brussels, the various General Assemblies which bring us together and allow us to measure the progress made, the opening of the new INRAE research center (Institut national of the research for agriculture, food and the environment) in Avignon.”
Last July, the senator more widely brought together the mayors of Blauvac, Crestet, Flassan, Venasque and Saint-Saturnin-Lès-Apt, as well as representatives of AMV 84 (Association of Mayors of Vaucluse), to , in this context of climate change and successive bans on phytosanitary products, plead for the maintenance of the Tode system (Reduction of labor costs in agriculture); Obtain the renewal of the FranceAgrimer envelopes (economic expertise of the sectors) for investments in irrigation equipment, treatment and protection of orchards and for maintaining aid for the restructuring and development of orchards to guarantee a budget devoted to research, to water management and HPR (Hauts de Provence Rhodanien), and to the actions planned in the Mediterranean Agriculture Climate Plan. Also, the senator spoke to Sophie Primas, Minister Delegate to the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, responsible for foreign trade and French people abroad to promote the Vaucluse cherry in the context of foreign trade.
Lucien Stanzione also intervened last October during the bluetongue episode so that a compensation fund would compensate affected breeders up to €250 per animal.
