"No representative" of the FNSEA will participate, announced the president of the agricultural union. The Rural Coordination has also announced that it will not send any national representative.
The union is protesting against the initial announcement by the Élysée that the Uprisings of the Earth were invited to this debate scheduled for Saturday. The presidency finally indicated that the environmentalist collective was not invited and that the announcement had been an error. "The conditions for a more peaceful dialogue are not met and the dignity of farmers is flouted by this approach which bears the hallmark of provocation", indicated Arnaud Rousseau.