France experienced a week of social tensions with the mobilization of farmers. Yesterday Friday, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announced a series of measures to calm the anger of the agricultural world. Will this be enough? Response in the coming days. In the meantime, the National Rally hopes to capitalize on this movement of discontent.
For a week, the elected representatives of the RN have been doing everything to show that they defend farmers. Jordan Bardella in the lead, the boss of the party and head of the list for the Europeans – the vote will take place in six months. As of last Saturday, while Gabriel Attal is hosting a sort of big debate on agriculture in the Rhône, the boss of the RN is also in front of the cameras but with his boots on, on a farm in Gironde.
He occupies the field, as almost all the RN deputies will do all week in their respective constituencies. Some elected officials from the flame party even temporarily flipped their profile photos on social networks this week. As farmers have returned the signs at the entrance to dozens of towns. As a sign of protest.
The executive denounces a “ political recovery »
The government did not fail to comment on this omnipresence of the RN on the ground. With this little sentence that did not go unnoticed. “ You’re the party that lurches from anger to anger “. Comments signed Gabriel Attal, the Prime Minister who sharply dismissed a National Rally deputy on Tuesday during the government questions session. “ The RN blows on the embers, adds a majority executive. As with the yellow vests, they stir up anger and will not call for calm when it is necessary. » What Marine Le Pen’s entourage confirms to us: “ Don’t count on me to tell the farmers that it’s not good and that they should go home », Says the boss of the deputies of the far-right party.
The support of the RN is not new. And party leaders are right when they say their support for the exploiters is nothing new. As early as last summer, the party’s deputies asked the government to reconsider the new taxation of diesel for farmers. One of the main demands of agricultural unions in this movement. The relaxation of standards is also a recurring request from the RN.
Go look for votes… while waiting for the “ convergence of struggles »
Historically, farmers vote relatively little for RN. But rather for the traditional right. The objective is therefore to seek out voices, and not just those from the agricultural world: an executive from Jordan Bardella’s campaign points out that a very large majority of French people support the farmers’ movement. And then, the National Rally is betting on a “ convergence of struggles “. Concept that Jordan Bardella knowingly borrows from the left.
A movement that would spread like wildfire would be a boon for the RN. Six months from Europeans.