The new government of François Bayrou, Prime Minister, was unveiled this Monday evening. After the announcement of the retention of Annie Genevard, Minister of Agriculture, the farmers' unions of the Pyrénées-Orientales waver between relief and future prospects.
The new Prime Minister François Bayrou unveiled his government this Monday evening. No change for certain ministers, kept in their posts. This is the case for Annie Genevard, Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty of France. The day after this announcement, the unions are already getting their messages across. Between relief at not starting from scratch and waiting for a boost, always in line with the demands raised during the farmers' demonstrations in November.
“For us, keeping the same minister allows us to have continuity, not to go back to square one. We are still waiting for solutions, we will see if we can obtain any concerning the drought“, confides Bruno Vila, departmental president of the FDSEA (Departmental Federation of Farmers' Unions).
“We are still waiting”
As a reminder, the presidents of the unions, FDSEA and JA (Young Farmers) were received by the prefect of Pyrénées-Orientales on November 21 and had obtained exemption from the property tax on unbuilt property and proposals for experiments on water management to remedy drought in the department. Measures judged “insufficient“. “We had raised a certain number of demands. It is still a good thing to keep our minister, but we are still waiting. We hope that she will continue her work to move forward.“, concludes Bruno Vila.
On the Young Farmers side, Jean Henric, departmental president underlines “the good news“also for”continue what was already underway. We were still worried about a change. There, we don't have to start all over again. We are waiting for emergency aid to maintain cash flow, and now to achieve what was requested.“
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