President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday told farmers that France stood its ground ...
PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday told farmers that France stood its ground in opposing cuts to agricultural subsidies and would continue to do so, a day after an EU summit on the bloc’s next budget ended in deadlock.
Like his predecessors, Macron has called on Europe to maintain a large budget for its Common Agricultural Policy , of which France is the main beneficiary. “If we do not have a deal, we keep the current system. We are protected by the fact that without a deal, we keep the system as it is. We did not yield to those who wanted to reduce the budget,” he added.
In the aisles of the agricultural show, Macron tried to reassure farmers that glyphosate would not be scrapped in cases where there were no alternatives, while rules on safe distances for pesticide spraying would be adopted progressively.
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