Blocking breeders: com ‘crisis at the Elysee – Europe1

Europe 1 David and Doukhan ® Posted at 07h00, July 22, 2015 Modified to 9:03, July 22, 2015

President of the Republic, François Hollande and his Agriculture Minister Stephane Le Foll. © AFP

By David Doukhan and MD

In tourist season, it is urgent to address the crisis breeders. For the third consecutive day, the angry farmers blocking traffic, mainly in Normandy, but also in Britain or in Picardy. They are protesting against the price too low to survive in their meat. A situation that led François Hollande and his Agriculture Minister Stephane Le Foll, react quickly so that the movement does not extend to the whole country.

“On beef, I need a hand. ” Last week already, Francois Hollande and Stéphane Le Foll, aware of the anger that rose, talked every day. The Minister held the president informed of all developments in real time. And Friday, he told Francois Hollande: “. On the crisis in pork, I left me alone on beef, I need a hand”

An improvised declaration. This is why Francois Hollande improvised this statement Saturday on the sidelines of the Tour de France. He launched, in fact, a call for mass distribution to better compensate farmers. “Farmers can not live that aid, there must be the price to pay,” he says. A floor jack to be followed by that of Manuel Valls, in the Avignon Festival. But it has clearly not enough.

“The French eat less meat.” Since Monday, blockages have hardened, a new meeting was held at 17:30 between the Head of State and the Minister of Agriculture. It looked forward to the report Wednesday evening mediator on agricultural prices. Crazy for François Hollande that requires the report on Tuesday evening and said that he will make emergency announcements by the cabinet, facing the growing scale of the sling.

in the month of July, crisis communication that should not be enough in the long term. A connoisseur of the Elysee and says: “we will handle the emergency, for sure, but the reality is quite stupid and I doubt that we can do it much: the French eat less meat”