Eventful opening of the 60ᵉ Salon de l’agriculture
The French President was greeted by jeers and whistles at the Parc des expositions at Porte de Versailles. He cut the inaugural ribbon 5 hours late after debating with union representatives.
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The Salon de l’Agriculture 2024 opens amid controversy
The tractors in the streets of Paris bear witness to the high level of anger among farmers on the eve of the opening of the 60ᵉ Salon de l’Agriculture. The FNSEA declines the French president’s invitation to a debate in the presence of Soulèvements de la Terre.
European farmers throw up their pitchforks
Just a few days before the Paris Agricultural Show (February 24 to March 3, 2024), French farmers are threatening further action. Their colleagues in several European countries are also at war with Brussels.
France on the brink of explosion
With less than 5 months to go before the European elections (June 9) and the Olympic Games (July 26-August 11), all the indicators are red: debt, recession, unemployment. The social climate is stormy. The political atmosphere is unbreathable. Can we still avoid a social explosion?
Fighter aircraft : Safran group transfers 100% of its technology to India
During his visit to the land of the Maharajahs, Macron agreed that Safran would transfer 100% of its technology to the Indian group Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd to design a fighter jet engine! A competitor for the Rafale?
Wind turbines : The strange accounts of a Luxembourg holding company
The anti-corruption association AC!! has just made a report to the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (French Financial Markets Authority) concerning wind-powered electricity companies whose director is the number 2 of a Crédit Mutuel subsidiary.
FNSEA boss at the helm of a multinational food company
It’s hard to understand the position of the FNSEA, which called for a meeting at the capital’s headquarters on Monday, when you know that its leaders are close to the government. Like Arnaud Rousseau, head of a multinational food company…
The hidden face of French agriculture
While 20% of France’s farmers are wealthy and 20% make a decent living from their work, around 60% are experiencing serious difficulties, mainly due to unfair competition from third countries. The profession is recording two suicides a day!
Farmers more controlled than drug dealers!
It’s hard to imagine the extent to which farmers are monitored in their daily work: by satellite, by helicopter, by inspections. Edifying testimony from Jean-Luc Guérard, from Giscourt, in Meurthe-et-Moselle.
A journey through the maze of laws and standards
Farmers in particular are protesting against the inflation of standards affecting their sector. They are not the only ones who are fed up with the overflow of laws and decrees that overwhelm us.
Angry farmers : Executive fears risk of contagion!
After Germany, Poland, Romania and the Netherlands, French farmers are blocking roads in the South-West. Their protest movement could spread to other regions, leading to further mobilizations.
Over 5,000 tractors in Berlin
Farmers end a week of protests against the federal government’s austerity measures. Other sectors have also joined in. The German economy is shaking on its foundations.