For the FNSEA and Young Farmers, Annie Genevard, “aware of the urgency of the situation and expectations, must honor the commitments made to the agricultural world for more than a year”, partly blocked by the dissolution of the National Assembly then the censorship of the Barnier government.
“Need for visibility”
Its “renewal must ensure continuity on agricultural issues. This appointment is a form of response to the need for visibility and consistency expressed by farmers,” the two organizations welcome in a joint press release. Among their expectations is the realization of measures promised by Annie Genevard: compensation for breeders hit by the FCO8 epizootic, or even prioritization under the leadership of the Ministry of Works of the Food Safety Agency (ANSES) in matters of authorization of inputs.
These unions are demanding the resumption of tax measures included in the finance bill, and the inclusion of several projects and legislative proposals, in particular “simplification” and “to remove constraints on the exercise of the profession of farmer”. “It must exert all its weight to keep the schedule of the legislative texts announced” in particular, said Arnaud Rousseau, president of the FNSEA.
“Give a future to farmers”
At the Confédération paysanne, the 3rd agricultural union, we are “expecting a minister who will act structurally to give farmers a future. : income, minimum price, transition in the face of climatic and health hazards”, according to its spokesperson, Laurence Marandola. The minister must act “for all farmers” and bring “union pluralism to life” by introducing proportional representation in the next professional agricultural elections in January, said Laurence Marandola.
Finally, the union expects “that it will enforce court decisions in matters of water, withdrawals and megabasins”, he underlines a few days after four “basins”, including that of Sainte-Soline, were declared illegal .
