Anger of farmers: the FNSEA announces new national mobilizations “from Monday” November 18

“The first message we want to send to the French is that we are not here to bore them,” he added. In terms of form, Arnaud Rousseau affirms that he does not want “any attack on property or people”. But for him, “the objective is not to control farmers (in their actions), it is to ensure that we have results”. Initially, farmers had announced a mobilization starting this Friday.

“The emergency is cash flow”

Asked about developments for farmers since the strong mobilization last winter, Arnaud Rousseau recognizes that certain “things have evolved”. “What remains is the problem of income. The emergency is the cash flow of the farms (…) after a catastrophic summer,” he said, speaking of “the lowest wheat harvest in France for 40 years” this year, very poor harvests and diseases. which affected “our flocks”.

He also deplores that the dissolution of the National Assembly last June put on hold the agricultural orientation law promised by the former government of Gabriel Attal. “I understand that your listeners are saying to themselves: farmers exaggerate because they have been told a lot of things. But the reality is that on our farms as we speak, many things are not being implemented. »