“Major general interest” agriculture would place it on the same level as environmental protection. On Saturday, at the Salon de l'Agriculture, Emmanuel Macron announced the recognition of agriculture as a "major general interest of the French nation" The measure still needs to be explained, but it resembles the presumption of major public interest from which wind turbine or solar power plant projects can benefit, for example, when their construction risks endangering protected species or habitats.
“We will have to arbitrate between environmental law and agriculture recognized as being of major general interest,” says FNSEA president Arnaud Rousseau.