Breeders angry: Stéphane Le Foll goes to Caen today – Les Echos

Stéphane Foll has finally heard the call urging herders angry. The Minister of Agriculture will visit luer meeting Tuesday afternoon in Caen, moving it far refused, citing a meeting held in Paris on Thursday.

face the emergency, 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

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“We will have from there a discussion to see what to do to meet the target” revaluation of meat prices bovine and porcine set in June, the minister said on France 2 by evoking “special aid” to farmers who continue to block access to Caen

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“Emergency Plan”

For his part, Prime Minister, Manuel Valls Tuesday appealed to “everyone’s responsibility”, particularly “industrial” and “retail”, to influence prices and give a boost to farmers. “I remember that the government one can not act “, he explained at the exit of 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.