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.
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?
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?
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.
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…
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
What state will Elisabeth Borne’s successor at Matignon find the French economy in? Far from the “all’s well” of Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire, all indicators are bright red. Marc Touati, economist, provides an overview.
German farmers will be paralyzing the country with their tractors from Monday January 8, 2024 and throughout the week. They are opposed to the government’s agricultural policy and austerity plan.
