what to expect in Rennes after the FNSEA's call for national mobilization?

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And only watchword for farmers: “Put pressure”, insists Arnaud Rousseau, boss of the FNSEA (national federation of agricultural operators' unions), during his call for national mobilization, this Wednesday, November 13, during a press conference , to which actu.fr attended.

In the Rennes region, agricultural unions have initiated discussions on the subjects to be addressed and their way of doing it if they demonstrate, they explain to news Rennes.

Discussions began

Requested, the president of the FDSEA 35Cédric Henry, explains that discussions have started within the local federation, but nothing has yet been decided at the time of writing these lines.

On the side of Young Farmers of Ille-et-Vilainesame observation. Cyrille Herbert, co-president, indicates that he wants to be very careful: “Nothing has been decided. »

For the moment, we don't want to move for the sake of moving, that's not our goal. There are plenty of topics that we need to discuss among ourselves and see how to make ourselves heard on them.

The collection of feedback from the field is underway to find out the areas of concern of all farmers.

“We will organize ourselves in the coming times”

To the Coordination rurale 35during a meeting this Wednesday morning with the prefect, Amaury de Saint-Quentin, “we sent the message that we maintained the pressure if there was no particular progress on the subjects that concern us., explains Joseph Martin, president of CR Bretagne.

We will organize ourselves in the coming times to assert our positions. Mercosur is just the straw that breaks the camel's back. It is a logical continuation of all past free trade agreements and we can see the consequences.

For him, it is important to regain community preference and food sovereignty. “We are the leading agricultural country in the European Union,” he insists. We have the means to feed 200 million people. It is not acceptable to continue to import. »

“We propose to bring in products that do not have the same standards”

He also intends to emphasize the self-control that farmers are obliged to carry out. “There is such complexity of standards that farmers spend their time checking that they respect them when, on the other hand, we propose to bring in products that do not have the same standards. We can accept the rules, but it is also an additional cost to accept compared to other countries,” he explains.

“Circumspect” in the face of Arnaud Rousseau’s appeal

Finally, at the Peasant Confederation 35we dissociate ourselves from the FNSEA on Mercosur. “We are also circumspect” regarding the speech of Arnaud Rousseau, president of the FNSEA, but also of the Board of Directors of Avril Gestion“industrial and financial group”, as described on the Avril website in the biography dedicated to its leader. “We denounce free trade agreements to which our income is linked. »

Arnaud Rousseau always has a particular behavior. It looks like he wants to buy back his virginity. This is electoral opportunism as the elections in the chambers of agriculture approach.

Free trade agreements are more national questions for Sébastien Vétil, spokesperson for the Confédération paysanne 35. “Our income is at half mast, because the farmers are put in competition,” he notes. “We are coming out of a period where, overall, we had no progress, because we no longer had a Prime Minister, with disastrous climatic episodes and a health context equally difficult, which further undermined the morale of farmers. We had lots of promises, but nothing concrete. We are in a period of uncertainty. »

All are therefore waiting to see if farmers want again go back into battle to talk about concrete actions in the coming days. News Rennes will not fail to inform you of what is decided at each of the unions.

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