French farmers union slams product dumping across EU
- 9 years ago
As many as 15,000 farmers came together to protest in Lyon and they were joined by Xavier Beulin the president of the FNSEA, the main agricultural workers union.
Xavier Beulin, président de la FNSEA, est l’invité d’Olivier Emond pic.twitter.com/G0VBO6td— France Info (@franceinfo) February 19, 2013
He explained the situation facing the industry in France: “We have production costs that are far higher than our European neighbours. Not just at the farming level, but across the food chain from the abattoirs to the processing plants. There is often a five or six euro pay difference in terms of salary within these companies. We also have regulatory constraints, which go further than any European regulations and they hurt us.
We saw a year ago, as a result of the Russian embargo, some product dumping from our partners
they would send French products back in order to sell their own goods on the domestic market. If that is Europe it has failed.
Again there has been other instances of pro
Xavier Beulin, président de la FNSEA, est l’invité d’Olivier Emond pic.twitter.com/G0VBO6td— France Info (@franceinfo) February 19, 2013
He explained the situation facing the industry in France: “We have production costs that are far higher than our European neighbours. Not just at the farming level, but across the food chain from the abattoirs to the processing plants. There is often a five or six euro pay difference in terms of salary within these companies. We also have regulatory constraints, which go further than any European regulations and they hurt us.
We saw a year ago, as a result of the Russian embargo, some product dumping from our partners
they would send French products back in order to sell their own goods on the domestic market. If that is Europe it has failed.
Again there has been other instances of pro