New trip for Emmanuel Macron, who will travel to Brittany on Wednesday afternoon to visit a farm and a supermarket. The Elysée has indicated that it wants to salute the work of farmers and distributors since the start of the coronavirus crisis.
After the Council of Ministers in the morning, the head of state is expected in the middle of the afternoon in the north of Finistère, first in Cléder, where he will meet the employees of a farm where are cultivated in particular tomatoes. This visit "aims to salute the mobilization of the agricultural world to ensure the nutrition of the French during the Covid-19 crisis," explained the Elysee.
Meeting with employees of a store
This agricultural group of joint exploitation (Gaec) is affiliated to a Company of agricultural initiatives and cooperation (SICA), whose "activity continues thanks to the recruitment of personnel through the Desbraspourtonassiette platform" , according to the presidency.
Emmanuel Macron will then go to Saint-Pol-de-Léon to visit a Super-U supermarket in order to "welcome the commitment of the store staff" of this brand "and of all the employees in the sector, who are continuing their activities since the beginning of the crisis, by multiplying solidarity actions in favor of the elderly and vulnerable (home deliveries) and by favoring local productions ”, according to the Elysée. Very agricultural, the region of Saint Pol-de-Léon, Léon, specializes in the cultivation of artichokes, cauliflower and cut flowers.
Salute the "second line"
Since the start of the health crisis, the executive has insisted that France is preserved from scarcity thanks to the wealth of its agricultural and agrifood production, in "second line" in the "war" against the coronavirus. But almost half of the chicken, fruits and vegetables consumed in France are imported, which has reopened the debate on food sovereignty.
Emmanuel Macron is scheduled to participate in a videoconference on Thursday with representatives of the commercial catering and tourist accommodation sectors, also very affected by the crisis.
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