During a visit to Lot-et-Garonne, the president of the National Rally, Jordan Bardella, warned that French agriculture was in great danger if protectionist measures are not taken.
The MEP stressed the urgent need to protect national agriculture from unfair international competition, particularly due to trade agreements. “I think that the vital prognosis of French agriculture is now in jeopardy. If we do not take protectionist measures now to protect our agriculture from unfair international competition, our agriculture will not survive,” he said. insisted the MEP, before getting into a green tractor.
New peasant mobilization against free trade agreements with Mercosur
Agricultural unions are calling for a new national mobilization, in particular against a possible trade agreement with Brazil, which they consider threatening for the French sectors. Jordan Bardella stressed that products from Brazil, often less compliant with standards, risk overwhelming the French market if negotiations with Mercosur are successful.
“You are our last hope,” said the president of the Chamber of Agriculture and member of CR47, Serge Bousquet-Cassagne, to Jordan Bardella, who had shown his support for the RN during the last legislative elections.
“We tried them all, all of them. We believed in Sarkozy, we were very disappointed and since then it's total nothingness. We don't expect you to be the messiah but not far off,” he assured him .
Peasant mobilization: CR47 is preparing actions from November 19
The CR47, the majority in the department where it has headed the Chamber of Agriculture for two decades, initiated a large convoy of tractors in January to the national interest market of Rungis. She recently called for a new mobilization from November 19, in particular by blocking rail freight.
The president of the RN is expected in the afternoon in Tonneins for a meeting with his supporters, before attending a signing session of his book “What I am looking for”, published Saturday by Fayard.
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