Arthur de Laborde / Credits: Roland Macri / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP 08:37, February 6, 2024
Fewer standards, reforming the CAP or even introducing mirror clauses... All these demands which have marked the agricultural crisis have the common denominator of Brussels' policy. A movement of anger which could therefore have considerable influence during the European elections which take place next June.
While France has just experienced an intense protest movement by farmers, agricultural anger has not abated among our European neighbors. In the Netherlands, farmers are in turn blocking the highways, while in Italy, tractors are at the gates of Rome. In France too, a demonstration of organic producers is scheduled for this Tuesday afternoon right in front of the National Assembly. One thing is certain, this agricultural crisis will weigh heavily on the next European elections.
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Macronie on the defensive
The RN, the big favorite in the election, sees this crisis as an opportunity to increase its lead, while the farmers' vote traditionally leans more towards the moderate right. Omnipresent, Jordan Bardella multiplies initiatives to defend what he calls "the French agricultural exception". The opportunity to attack the presidential camp head-on.
With its strategy consisting of appearing as the most pro-European list, Macronie is more than ever on the defensive, insisting that Brussels must not be designated as a scapegoat and that the president is maneuvering to build a new agricultural model with the 27.
Like the RN, Marion Maréchal and Reconquest! pose as defenders of French identity mistreated by Europe. François-Xavier Bellamy's LRs claim to be the main opponents of the incoherence of European policy. As for the left, which has relatively little weight within the agricultural world, it tries to present ecology as the solution to enable farmers to cope with global warming.