Agricultural Crisis: "The Objective Was to Get an Emergency Plan, as Much as to Say that the Disappointment Is total"... Catalan Farmers Skeptical of the Government's Plan
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The government has announced a €1 billion aid plan to support French agriculture, hard hit by summer heat and fires. However, in the Pyrénées-Orientales, farmers...
The government has released more than EUR 1 billion to support farmers affected by heat and drought. For Annie Genevard, Minister for Agriculture, the aim is to support the agricultural world by ensuring food sovereignty. For farmers in Haute-Vienne, this is not enough.
Presented as a "strong response" to the exceptional drought of the summer of 2026, the government's aid plan is criticized by the agricultural unions. Discussions must continue, including on the adaptation of the sector to climate change
The government is trying to defuse the bomb of the agricultural crisis before autumn, but between doubts about financing and disappointment on the ground, anger continues to roar.
The Alsatian agricultural unions are unanimous in saying that the Casi plan to support agriculture, announced by Minister Annie Genevard, is not up to a historic crisis. Farms are threatened to disappear. Large mobilizations could be organised after the harvest has ended.
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