Jean-Luc Boujon / Credits: JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP 7:57 a.m., February 23, 2024, modified at 8:00 a.m., February 23, 2024

To put an end to the farmers' protest, the government has made many announcements and promises, including the acceleration of the payment of European aid.

However, some have not yet received the amount owed to them.

A delay sometimes causing serious problems.

Europe 1 met an operator who is still waiting for aid to be paid.

A long wait.

As the Agricultural Show opens this Saturday, farmers are stepping up actions on the ground to maintain pressure on the government.

To calm the discontent, the executive made numerous promises.

Among them, the acceleration of the payment of aid for operators.

However, some are still waiting for them, which sometimes poses serious problems for farmers dependent on these subsidies.

Europe 1 went to Saint-Priest, near Lyon, to meet a cereal grower who is still waiting for aid. 

To cultivate his land, Samuel Douville needs aid from the CAP which is essential for the operation of his farm.

For the moment and despite the government's promises, he is far from having received everything he is owed.

"We have received approximately 70% of our aid. We are still waiting for a part linked to the different types of cultivation that we implemented last year. We are therefore missing 30%, which on our farm represents between 30 and 40,000 euros. It’s not negligible at all,” he says. 

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Operation in danger 

A substantial sum which, what's more, always arrives very late.

Which today endangers the survival of the farm.

"It's hard to hold on because we have to remember that we receive the aid one year after the start of our work. For example, to cultivate wheat, we buy the seeds, we use our tractors so we use GNR fuel. We always advance the money and we receive the aid only a year later. What would be good would be to shorten this period. Six months later, for example, that would be interesting," he explains. 

In the meantime, Samuel Douville only has March 15 in mind, the date on which the government has committed to ensuring that 100% of aid will be paid to farmers.