Farmers in Germany’s neighboring country are also taking to the streets. French Prime Minister Attal doesn’t just want to help farmers financially.
The French government is trying to appease the protesting farmers with further promises. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal promised farmers more sovereignty and recognition.
Specifically, he announced 150 million euros for livestock farmers. France also wants to prevent the import of fruits and vegetables that have been treated with the pesticide thiacloprid. Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire promised more controls in large supermarket chains, also with a view to declaring the origin of products.
Against the background of increasing water shortages in parts of France due to climate change, the Minister for Ecological Transition, Christophe Béchu, also announced financial aid for the creation of water retention basins and for irrigation. A new action plan for dealing with the wolf will also be presented soon. Similar to Germany, France’s animal owners are dealing with wolf attacks.
French farmers have been demonstrating for days against falling income, environmental regulations from Brussels and, in their opinion, too many requirements. They block numerous highways with tractors. On Wednesday, some protesting farmers broke into the Rungis wholesale market near Paris. The government has already promised farmers comprehensive help in the past few days.
Meanwhile, the transport industry warned of the impact of farmers’ highway blockades on logistics across the country. The transport and logistics union TLF said the blockades were unacceptable for the predominantly medium-sized transport companies and put the supply chains at risk.
Source: Stern
