Saturday January 18, the Rural Coordination (CR) of Côtes d'Armor organized its campaign meeting in Châtelaudren-Plouagat. The opportunity to present its candidates and its program. “Our team is marked by real renewal, only six people had already presented themselves in 2019”introduced Vincent Lambert, head of the list this time. “With farmers aged 29 to 66, we represent different generations and as many sectors as possible in the region. »
Reinforced control over imported products
The representatives of the Rural Coordination want to win the vote and be bearers of change so that tomorrow “the Chamber of Agriculture is truly the home of farmers”. The Callac poultry farmer no longer wants to see “people in the street or on roundabouts”. He thinks he is fighting for “maintain the number of farms and bring in income”. At his side, Francis Prigent, also a candidate, continues: “The profession has lost its momentum, its morale. » The breeder believes it is time “to work to regain control of production. Transversal OPs would, for example, make it possible to influence the market. We must be paid for our work. It is not up to industrialists to command in the farmyards. » And Vincent Lambert drives the point home: “If young people cannot earn a living, our farms will no longer have any value without a buyer. »
Win three departments
Guest, Joseph Martin, regional manager of CR Bretagne, returned to the issue. “Since regionalization, there are no more decisions in the departmental territorial chambers. But they remain relays for bringing back ideas to defend. But the CR must have the strong ambition of winning three Breton departments to have real power. » For the Bretillien, taking the head of the Regional Chamber allows him to be in direct contact with institutional partners such as the Administration and the Region to support an agricultural model based on the defense of prices. “We are liberal-social, not all-out interventionists. France, the leading agricultural country in Europe, has the capacity to feed 200 million people, so there is no question of closing our doors. However, there is a deficit in poultry or fruits and vegetables. If we are not supporters of degrowth, we defend community preference. »
Take Dagorn
-“Independent farmers”
“Remunerative prices from manufacturers, a framework which does not allow finance to enter the capital of farms which would be synonymous with enslavement, tax credits on social charges, reinforced control over imported products and a agriculture leaving any free trade agreement…” Véronique Le Floc'h, president of the national CR, intervened to bring “a model of family farming – neither oriented towards ideology nor towards business – of free and independent farmers”.
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