– France will insist on relaxing EU environmental and climate protection regulations, the government announced as a result of mass farmers’ protests that also reached Paris.
As reported by Reuters, the French government assured protesting farmers that it had already abandoned its plan to withdraw subsidies for agricultural diesel oil and promised to relax the regulations implemented as part of the Green Deal.
Agriculture Minister Marc Fenault promised to go to Brussels this week to negotiate the obligation to set land fallow and production restrictions in the vicinity of protected areas. In an interview with France 2, the head of the ministry assured that an agreement on these key issues for farmers will be reached with the European Commission this week.
However, it is clear to everyone that the government’s promises fall in the face of mass protests by French farmers, which also reached the country’s capital. French farmers’ organizations approach these declarations with reserve and consider them insufficient. Trade unionists also announced increased pressure on politicians, which may also mean the continuation of protests until specific and certain decisions are reached.
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