LIVE - Salon de l'Agriculture: follow the second day of the 60th edition

Europe 1 with AFP / Photo credits: Benjamin Polge / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP 7:30 a.m., February 25, 2024

Rarely has an opening of the Agricultural Show been so eventful.

Emmanuel Macron left the Salon on Saturday evening after 1 p.m. of a visit marked by boos and clashes of great intensity, while the executive had been seeking for a month to appease the angry movement of farmers before their big meeting. you annual.

This Sunday, it is the turn of Jordan Bardella, president of the National Rally, to walk the aisles to meet farmers.

The main information:

• After an eventful day, Emmanuel Macron left the Agricultural Show around 9:15 p.m., after a 13-hour visit

• The president made several announcements, including the creation of a “floor price”

• This Sunday, Jordan Bardella is expected in the Porte de Versailles aisles

Jordan Bardella expected at the Agricultural Show

Targeted on Saturday by Emmanuel Macron as being the Frexit party, the National Rally intends to respond this Sunday.

In a European campaign resembling a war of images, Jordan Bardella, the president of the party, goes to the alleys of the Porte de Versailles to meet the farmers and respond to the head of state.

The president of the RN will stay on site for 48 hours, “to take the time,” explains those around him.

Above all, a way of showing his closeness to farmers, where the president aroused strong hostility on Saturday.

A chaotic first day on the sidelines of Emmanuel Macron's visit

Emmanuel Macron left the Agricultural Show on Saturday evening after a 13-hour visit marked by boos and clashes of rare intensity, while the executive had been seeking for a month to appease the angry movement of farmers before their big annual meeting.

Basically, the French president tried all day to prove that farmers had been listened to by the executive and the reforms launched.

And he acceded in particular to two demands: the future fixing of a minimum price at which farmers would sell their meat or other product, and the elevation to the rank of major general interest of agriculture.

Arriving at 8 a.m., he finished his visit around 9:15 p.m., after chatting, drink in hand, on the brewers' stand, the traditional conclusion to the visits of the tenant of the Élysée at the end of a day that was anything but ordinary.