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Marc Fesneau: Agriculture will be national ‘major general interest’

March 28, 2024… At the annual congress of the main French Farmers’ Union, Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau outlined in broad strokes the upcoming law on agriculture and took stock of the current and forthcoming national and EU measures in response to farmers’ protests. Nearly two months after the government announced 62 French and …

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A summit of rural anger?

After months of protests in Europe’s cities and roads and an unexpected political foothold in the conclusions of the European Council on 1 February, farmers will be back on the agenda of the EU leaders at the summit on 21 and 22 March.  Normally, agriculture lands on the table of EU leaders …

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