Emmanuel Macron said he wants to set up a floor price in each sector to "protect farmers' income" A reform in total contradiction with the speeches made by the executive since the start of the peasant protests. The FNSEA farmers' union fears that the floor price is too low.
The criteria for calculating production costs are difficult to define and require market regulation. French foodstuffs risk being too expensive compared to those of their neighbors, according to critics of the reform. The fear of a loss of competitiveness is a key reason for the protests.