“Anti-Obstruction” Bill: Laurent Duplomb, the Farmer Who Makes the Law
By Rémi Barbet , special correspondent in Saint-Paulien (Haute-Loire)
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Senator and farmer Laurent Duplomb on his dairy farm in Saint-Paulien (Haute-Loire), June 23. Marie Julliard for La Croix
With his bill being debated in the joint committee this Monday, June 30, Senator Laurent Duplomb (LR) aims to "liberate" the agricultural sector from standards. Criticized by the left and environmentalists, and endorsed by the right and the FNSEA (National Federation of French Workers' Unions), this dairy farmer is fighting agroecology and gaining ground.
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I subscribeIt's Friday, September 8, 2006, and Haute-Loire is the scene of a show of force. In the fields surrounding Vergezac, a village of 450 inhabitants, tractor drivers from all over France maneuver their plows to win the title of French plowing champion. Above their heads, Alpha Jets from the Patrouille de France perform tricks; at the microphone, the Minister of the Interior and future President of the Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy, celebrates the "most successful farmers in France." A consecration for the man at the helm of the event: Laurent Duplomb, then president of the department's Young Farmers (JA). That day, his loved ones realized that the breeder would have a political destiny. They were not mistaken.
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