Despite François Bayrou's invitation “in the coming days”, the agricultural union persists in its threat to “go to Paris” this weekend.
Published on 03/01/2025 20:19
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“Our organization has planned movements for this Sunday and today they are too far advanced for us to go back on them”says on franceinfo Friday January 3 Véronique Le Floc'h, president of Rural Coordination, after having obtained a meeting with the Prime Minister “January 13”. The second agricultural union threatened to “climb to Paris” from this Sunday if its representatives were not received by François Bayrou before Monday.
“The tractors are already gathered in certain places” for mobilizations in Paris and “in a big crown”continues Véronique Le Floc'h, for whom this meeting “is not satisfactory”. “We have no progress, a meeting does not correspond to any progress from the government so we are keeping up the pressure.” “I'm waiting to see if tomorrow we can have a telephone or video meeting while waiting for the 13th [janvier]”she says.
“I think that farmers deserve this listening and this meeting”believes Véronique Le Floc’h. François Bayrou “knows the agricultural world very well so I think he is able to respond to our points of demand”which are a “alignment of French regulations for farmers with European regulations”, more controls on “imports rather than on French farmers” as well as thoughts on the “social aspect of farmers” and the “labor cost”.
