Stéphane Foll has finally heard the call urging herders angry. The Minister of Agriculture visited their meeting Tuesday afternoon in Caen, moving far he refused, citing a meeting held in Paris on Thursday.
Given the urgency, the Minister of Agriculture, Stéphane Le Foll, has accelerated its timetable. Thus, the Ombudsman’s report on prices paid to farmers will he made on Tuesday evening, or with 24 hours in advance, and a parliamentary commission should be created (see box).
The report deals specifically with meat prices and the role of intermediaries (industry and distribution) and does not affect milk prices. “We will have from there a discussion to see what to do to meet the target “ revaluation of prices for beef and pork set in June, the minister said on France 2 by citing” specific support “for farmers.
“We were not there to negotiate”
The FDSEA Calvados “is considering maintaining the blockades” of farmers on major roads of Normandy, said Tuesday its president Jean-Yves Heurtin after the meeting. “We were not there to negotiate,” said for his part the Minister before returning to Paris, saying that “all the sectors, pigmeat, beef and milk” was discussed with representatives of the producers.
“Clearly,” the dairy industry is in crisis, said the minister, who met mainly dairy farmers of Normandy: “302 to 304 euros per tonne is insufficient” has he insisted. Producers are demanding “at least 30 cents” better
The government is preparing a contingency plan, to be announced by Wednesday and the output of the Cabinet. ” We’re working, “he assured. Stéphane Le Foll has promised to “recalibrate aids so that they go to farms in financial difficulties, those in need. Point. “It would be reduction in charges and fees and possible debt relief measures.
Dams at Mont Saint-Michel
The movement of farmers who demand the respect of revaluation of agreements of 17 June for the swine and bovine industries, has expanded in the West and has spread to other departments, especially in the Southwest . After Caen (Calvados), access in Evreux (Eure) were blocked Tuesday morning by angry farmers who have set up blocking or filtering dams with hundreds of tractors. They also poured manure, straw and rubble in front of supermarkets in the city.
Dams also block the Mont Saint-Michel (Manche), one of the sites Most tourist from France, the Normandy Bridge and the Tancarville Bridge. In Britain, blockages were reported in Saint-Malo, Brest, Quimper
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To a parliamentary mission
Two members should be appointed for a parliamentary mission which will include mainlines in crisis, said Tuesday the president of the Economic Affairs Committee of the Assembly, François Brottes (PS). The official announcement of this mission will be made Wednesday evening in committee, where is expected the participation of all stakeholders (unions, retail, industrial) and the Agriculture Minister Stephane Le Foll. This round table scheduled to begin at 9:30 p.m. was scheduled for several weeks, well before the announcement of an emergency plan for farmers, which will be presented tomorrow in the Council of Ministers. “We should mandate under the two commission colleagues for reflection over a period of at least three months, to put in perspective all these sectors shaken by a market that moved through a competition which is not always fair, but also by economic models that must surely be reviewed , “said Mr. Brottes Tuesday. Both MPs should be Thierry Benoit UDI (Ille-et-Vilaine) and the Socialist Annick Le Loch (Finistère).
” Emergency Plan “
For his part, Prime Minister Manuel Valls has called Tuesday morning to” everyone’s responsibility “, in particular” industrial “and the “supermarkets” to influence prices and give a boost to farmers. “I remember that the government alone can not act” , has he explained to the exit the meeting of the Socialist Group in the National Assembly. “We need the whole profession, industry, mass distribution can also act and we appeal to the responsibility of everyone. “ He confirmed that by Wednesday measures, short and long term, would be taken ” to respond to the anxiety of the agricultural world. “
As for the head of state, Francois Hollande, he announced an” emergency plan “in favor of farmers to be presented Wednesday at the Council ministers. “I asked that beyond the question of the distribution of prices, there may be a contingency plan for French farmers and milk producers” , the said head of state when he arrived to the economic, social and environmental Council for the Summit of consciences on climate
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“I ask all farmers to understand that we are all mobilized, we are aware of their difficulties, they are very big and they call structural measures – will be taken – and cyclical measures, that is to say the urgency, they will also be decided tomorrow “, insisted the president.
For the second consecutive day Indeed, the Caen device is blocked by angry farmers. The main access to the town of Evreux are also concerned. In addition, two-way access to the Mont Saint-Michel are also locked again. The site, one of the most visited in France, is blocked by 19 tractors on the RD976 near the visitor parking, and rubble on the RD275, said the prefecture.
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