Two ministers in Britain , during the crisis of food

The Agriculture Minister Stéphane Le Foll goes Friday, November 8 in Britain , accompanied by Deputy Minister Guillaume Garot for a day devoted to food , one of the pillars of the Breton economy battered by the Restructuring and social .
At 10 am , ministers attend a meeting organized by the Public Investment Bank ( BPI) in the prefecture of Rennes, in the context of the development of " future Pact Britain " . Then they have lunch with representatives of regional unions , before meeting the professional agricultural organizations.

Three applications of the food Breton
During the meeting organized by the BPI , including ministers find the Breton Association agribusinesses ( Abea ), which wants the government comes in Brussels business leaders of the largest poultry export - Soft and Tilly- Sabco - updates wrong by stopping European export subsidies . The European Commission, which upheld the removal of these subsidies , proposed receiving poultry dealers to Britain on November 22. According to the French Poultry Collective , stopping these aids condemns " short-term " 4 000 direct jobs in the export sector French poultry.

The Abea will also ask the government to fight in Europe , this time to stop the " huge problem of competitiveness " suffered by the French food companies producing poultry and pork facing European countries that use legally a workforce at low cost. " We need to review at least some European regulations that allow countries like Germany to hire labor at the cost of country of origin" , which is banned in France , said the Director General of ' Abea , Jean -Luc Cade .

In the longer term , the association will then apply for grants for other food companies in the region " need to improve their competitiveness," to improve their logistics and modernization.

Wave of social plans
The environmental levy heavy , the government temporarily suspended , was the straw that broke the camel's back in an area where agriculture and food , which account for about a third of the jobs are hit by an economic crisis and social which has resulted in a wave of social plans in recent months.

Several companies have made the cost : 300 340 jobs are threatened in January 2014 for the volailler Tilly- Sabco , the Doux Group, on the verge of finding a takeover agreement , 971 jobs were eliminated in late 2012 when he left his cost center to focus on export and processing , the company Gad slaughter SAS has removed 889 jobs , the Norwegian company Marine Harvest , the world's number one salmon in June announced the elimination of 300 jobs Poullaouen .

A dialogue that looks tight
Jean- Marc Ayrault said Wednesday he wanted a signature of a future Pact Britain before the end of November , but discussions will be difficult . The Prime Minister has clamped down , announcing that the perpetrators of violence and damage committed during the movement of the " red caps " would be subject to summons before the criminal court of Quimper. At least six terminals and four gates for environmental taxes in particular have been destroyed since the beginning of the dispute.