Farmers: floor prices, favored by the majority, would have a negative impact on their competitiveness. Despite the crisis, France remains a major agricultural power.
For 20 years, the trade balance has almost always been in surplus. Establishing floor prices would mean more expensive purchasing prices and therefore a loss of competitiveness for French farmers. “The market shares that we lose, Russia will be happy to recover” Jérôme, a cereal grower in Eure present at the show.