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Angry French farmers "greet" President Macron at the agricultural fair in Paris

2024-02-24 13:52:45Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

French President Emmanuel Macron was welcomed at the annual Agricultural Fair on Saturday by angry farmers calling for more government support and simplified regulations.

During talks on the ground with farmers' representatives, Macron stressed that the solution to this crisis would not happen quickly and highlighted the fair as a decisive moment for farmers, who have invested a lot of effort to exhibit their animals and products.

The annual fair opens a day after frustrated farmers returned to Paris with their tractors to demand greater government support and simplified regulations.

The latest protest comes three weeks after farmers lifted blockades in Paris and across the country following a government pledge to spend €400 million to address concerns about low incomes, over-regulation and perceived unfair competition from out.

"Save our agriculture", declared the Rural Coordination, echoing their sentiment on social networks. Among the demonstrators, a tractor carried a poster that read: "Death is in the field."

The convoy briefly disrupted traffic on the A4 motorway east of Paris and the city's ring road earlier in the day.

The complaints voiced by French farmers are part of a wider movement across Europe protesting against EU agricultural policies, bureaucratic obstacles and general business conditions.

Farmers argue that EU environmental regulations, including initiatives such as the Green Deal, which advocate limits on chemical use and greenhouse gas emissions, hamper their operations and make their products less competitive compared to imports from outside the EU.

Similar protests are taking place across France as farmers step up pressure on the government to meet its commitments. Government officials have been engaged in ongoing discussions with farmers' unions in recent weeks to draft a new bill aimed at protecting France's "agricultural sovereignty", which will be subject to parliamentary debate this spring.

The government's proposed measures include significant financial aid, tax incentives and a pledge not to ban pesticides in France that remain permitted elsewhere in Europe. French farmers argue that such bans put them at an unfair disadvantage.


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