Europe 1 11:10 a.m., January 28, 2024

Karl Olive, Renaissance MP for Yvelines, guest of the Grand Rendez-vous Europe 1-CNews-Les Échos this Sunday.

Prime Minister Gabriel Attal is on the ground again this Sunday. After traveling to Haute-Garonne on Friday, the head of government arrived at 10:15 a.m. at a cattle farm in Chisseaux, a village of 500 inhabitants, located 40 kilometers from Tours in Indre-et-Loire. This trip takes place on the eve of the start of the "siege of the capital" promised by certain farmers who believe that the announcements in favor of the sector are still insufficient.

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“They want us to stop bothering them with standards that are like who’s who”

At the heart of their concern: the lack of income. In 30 years, the net income of the French agricultural sector has fallen by 40%. If Gabriel Attal announced, among other things, administrative simplification measures, the cancellation of the increase in the tax on non-road diesel (GNR), the acceleration of emergency aid... He was not question of peasant remuneration. However, according to Karl Olive, Renaissance MP for Yvelines, guest of the Grand Rendez-vous Europe 1-CNews-Les Échos this Sunday, this is the main demand from farmers. 

"They want to be paid a fair price. They want there to be reciprocity between rights and duties, for the rules to be the same in France and in Europe. And above all they want, pardon the expression, let's stop bothering them with standards that are like directories," he said.

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“Gabriel Attal will smell the ass of the cows”

For Karl Olive, it is necessary to contact farmers, like Gabriel Attal, to understand their demands and appease anger. "You see what Gabriel Attal is doing, he is going to feel the cow's ass! We must not run away from our responsibilities, we must take it hard on the pitch and that's what's happening and it's working ", he said, encouraging us to take inspiration from mayors. “These are the most popular people in this country and they are little or not listened to. That must change,” he added.

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